STATE v. HASFAL

No. 26845.

941 A.2d 387 (2008)

106 Conn.App. 199

STATE of Connecticut v. Christopher HASFAL.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendon P. Levesque, special public defender, with whom were Daniel J. Krisch and, on the brief, Michael S. Taylor and Philip C. Pires, legal intern, for the appellant (defendant).

Melissa L. Streeto, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were James E. Thomas, former state's attorney, Adam B. Scott, supervisory assistant state's attorney, and Kathleen A. Dwyer, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

FLYNN, C.J., and HARPER and PETERS, Js.


PETERS, J.

In this criminal appeal from a conviction of the crimes of violation of a protective order and possession of narcotics, the dispositive issue is whether the defendant, while being interrogated by the police in his East Hartford motel room after 12:30 a.m., was in custody when he incriminated himself in response to a police officer's question. The defendant's inculpatory admission triggered his arrest for criminal violation of a protective order, and that...

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