Opinion
(14736)
Decided March 25, 1993
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 30 Conn. App. 249 (AC 10688), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Under the circumstances of this case, did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the search warrant application stated probable cause to believe that a crime had been committed?
"2. Was the Appellate Court correct in not deciding (1) whether the seizure of the revolver, the subject of the prosecution, was `inadvertent' under the `plain view' exception to the warrant requirement, and (2) whether the Connecticut constitution requires `inadvertence' under the `plain view' exception even if the United States constitution does not?"
Michael K. Courtney, assistant public defender, in support of the petition.
Leah Hawley, assistant state's attorney, in opposition.