The limits of privacy rights under the Fourth Amendment were the focus of two cases recent Connecticut Supreme Court decisions.
In once case, justices ruled that a warrantless police search of a house that turned up many neglected dogs was not illegal because a strong odor and other evidence outside the house indicated that “an emergency existed.” In another case, the court found that there was no expectation of privacy in the common area of a boarding house, allowing a conviction on weapons charges to stand.
