Opinion
(11778)
Argued June 2, 1993
Decision released June 29, 1993
Substitute information, in the first case, charging the defendant with the crime of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and information, in the second case, charging the defendant with the crimes of breach of the peace, possession of less than four ounces of marijuana, use of drug paraphernalia and illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain, geographical area number sixteen, where the court, McDonald, J., denied the defendant's motions to suppress certain evidence in each case; thereafter, the court, Scheinblum, J., dismissed the charges of breach of the peace, use of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle; subsequently, the cases were consolidated and the defendant was presented to the court on conditional pleas of nolo contendere; judgments of guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor and possession of less than four ounces of marijuana, from which the defendant appealed to this court. Affirmed.
A. Susan Peck, for the appellant (defendant).
James A. Killen, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John M. Bailey, chief state's attorney, and John A. O'Reilly, Jr., supervisory assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).