Opinion
(11512)
Argued February 19, 1993
Decision released March 16, 1993
Information charging the defendant with the crime of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and with failure to display lights, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Fairfield, geographical area number two, where the court, Lager, J., denied the defendant's motion to suppress certain evidence; thereafter, the defendant was presented to the court, Hauser, J., on a conditional plea of nolo contendere; judgment of guilty, from which the defendant appealed to this court. Affirmed.
Gary A. Mastronardi, for the appellant (defendant).
Leon F. Dalbec, Jr., assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Donald A. Browne, state's attorney, and Brian Kennedy, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).
The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction of one count of failure to display lights in violation of General Statutes § 14-96a(a) and one count of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of General Statutes § 14-227a. The defendant's conviction followed a conditional plea of nolo contendere pursuant to General Statutes § 54-94a, reserving the right to appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress "any and all fruits of his arrest on August 16, 1989."
After thorough review of the record, transcripts and briefs in this matter, and affording the appropriate scope of review to the defendant's claims, we find them to be without merit.