State v. Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “It is axiomatic that searches and seizures inside a home without a warrant are presumptively unreasonable. Payton v. New York , 445 U.S. 573 , 586 , 100 S.Ct. 1371 , 63 L.Ed.2d 639 (1980); State v. Guertin , 190 Conn. 440 , 446 , 461 A.2d 963 (1983). State v. MacNeil , 28 Conn. App. 508 , 513 , 613 A.2d 296 , cert. denied, 224 Conn. 901 , 615 A.2d 1044 (1992). A warrantless search or entry into a house is not unreasonable, however, under the fourth amendment to the United States constitution or article first , § 7 , of the Connecticut constitution when a person with authority to do so has freely consented. State v. Reagan , 209 Conn. 1 , 7 , 546 A.2d 839 (1988). State v. MacNeil , supra, 513 . The question of whether a defendant has given voluntary consent to enter or search his or her premises is a question of fact to be determined by the trial court by considering the totality of the circumstances surrounding the entry or search. State v. Ortiz , 17 Conn. App. 102 , 103 , 550 A.2d 22 , cert. denied, 209 Conn. 828 , 552 A.2d 1216 (1988). State v. Vargas , 34 Conn. App. 492 , 496 , 642 A.2d 47 , cert. denied, 230 Conn. 907 , 644 A.2d 921 (1994).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 1999 Conn. Super. Ct. 16672 - State v. McColl, No. Cr-278765 (Dec. 22, 1999)