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STATE v. BUCCHIERI

176 Conn. 339 (1978)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JOSEPH BUCCHIERI

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released December 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Roach, of the District of Columbia bar, tax division attorney, United States Justice Department, with whom were Frank N. Santoro, assistant United States attorney, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, United States attorney, M. Carr Ferguson, assistant United States attorney, and Gilbert E. Andrews and Crombie J. D. Garrett, tax division attorneys, United States Justice Department, for the appellant (defendant United States of America).

Donald B. Caldwell, state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

COTTER, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and PETERS, JS.

PETERS, J.

This case arises out of competing claims to funds seized by Coventry police on February 1, 1972, pursuant to a search warrant authorizing a search of a house in that town. The search netted $4718.11 in cash, along with a quantity of drug paraphernalia.1 On the day of the search the Circuit Court from which the warrant had been issued instituted an in rem proceeding for adjudication of the seized articles as a nuisance...

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