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STATE v. BETTS

No. 17994.

942 A.2d 364 (2008)

286 Conn. 88

STATE of Connecticut v. William BETTS.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos E. Candal, special assistant public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Robert J. Scheinblum, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Gail Hardy, state's attorney, and Anne Mahoney, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and SCHALLER, Js.

NORCOTT, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the victim's mother was an agent of the police for purposes of the fourth amendment to the United States constitution,1 and article first, § 7, of the state constitution,2 when, after telling police officers about an incriminating letter authored by the defendant, she retrieved that letter at their request...

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