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STATE v. GALLAGHER

(11483), (11484)

191 Conn. 433 (1983)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. RICHARD GALLAGHER STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. CAROL GALLAGHER

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released September 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Curran, for the appellants (defendant in each case).

Carl Schuman, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John J. Kelly, state's attorney, and Susan A. Moch, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state in each case).

SPEZIALE, C. J., PETERS, HEALEY, PARSKEY and SHEA, JS.

PETERS, J.

The dispositive issue in these appeals1 is whether the common law privilege to resist an unlawful warrantless entry by the police into one's home remains a defense to the misdemeanor of interfering with a police officer. After a jury trial, the defendants Richard and Carol Gallagher were found guilty of interfering with an officer, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-167a....

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