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STATE v. BROSNAN

(14297)

221 Conn. 788 (1992)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JOHN J. BROSNAN

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Allen Dauster, deputy assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were C. Robert Satti, Sr., state's attorney, Peter McShane, deputy assistant state's attorney, and Sarah Taffel, law student intern, for the appellant (state).

Jacques J. Parenteau, for the appellee (defendant).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, CALLAHAN, GLASS, COVELLO, BORDEN and BERDON, JS.

BORDEN, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether an overnight guest in another's home has a limited right to resist an illegal entry by the police into the bedroom that he is occupying. After a jury trial, the defendant, John J. Brosnan, was convicted1 of two counts of interfering with an officer in violation of General Statutes § 53a-167a (a),2 and of...

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