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STATE v. BERNIER

(SC 15781)

246 Conn. 63 (1998)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. CHRISTOPHER G. BERNIER

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released August 4, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Sugrue, executive assistant state's attorney, with whom were Guy W. Wolf III, senior assistant state's attorney, and, on the brief, Frank S. Maco, state's attorney, for the appellant (state).

Joseph F. Keefe, with whom was A. Thomas Waterfall, for the appellee (defendant).

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon, Norcott, Katz, Palmer and McDonald, JS.

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether, pursuant to article first, §7,1 of the state constitution, a search warrant was required to perform a gas chromatography analysis on charred wood flooring samples that lawfully had been seized from the defendant's home pursuant to a fire investigation. The trial court granted the defendant's motion to...

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