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STATE v. WAZ

(15471)

240 Conn. 365 (1997)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JAMISON MARTIN WAZ

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released April 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Bosco III, for the appellant (defendant).

John A. East III, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John T. Redway, state's attorney, Russell C. Zentner, assistant state's attorney, and Tracy Carlson, certified legal intern, for the appellee (state).

Borden, Berdon, Norcott, Palmer and Peters, Js.

Opinion

PALMER, J.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether article first, § 7, of the Connecticut constitution1 prohibits the police from subjecting a mail parcel in the possession of the United States Postal Service to a canine sniff examination by a trained narcotics detection dog based upon a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the mail contains illegal drugs. The defendant, Jamison Martin Waz...

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