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Conn. Court: Police Can Seize Records (with no search warrant) By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press Writer http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-pharmacy-records0209feb08.story February 8, 2002, 10:25 PM EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- A divided state Supreme Court ruled Friday that police do not need a search warrant to look through and seize the pharmacy records of private citizens. The 3-2 ruling came in the case of a former Hartford police detective, Nicholas Russo, who was charged in December 1997 with forging dozens of prescriptions for a pain reliever. Justice Richard N. Palmer wrote in the decision that while a person can expect prescription records to be kept private, the protection is not absolute. State laws protecting the confidentiality of pharmaceutical records appear to clash. One law states that such records can be inspected by authorities charged with enforcing drug laws. Prominent organizations joined the suit in favor of keeping the pharmacy records confidential, including groups representing doctors, psychiatrists and social workers. "I think it's a disturbing decision on many levels," said Philip Tegeler, legal director of the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union. "It represents a continued erosion of our privacy rights." In September 2000, prosecutors dropped felony fraud charges against Russo after a judge ruled that key evidence had been illegally obtained from several pharmacies in Russo's neighborhood. The ruling sends the case back to Superior Court to allow the prescription records to be used as evidence in further proceedings against Russo. In his dissent, Chief Justice William J. Sullivan said the search of Russo's pharmacy records violated constitutional rights to unreasonable searches and seizures. Copyright © 2002, The Associated Press --------------------- -InfoWarz "Let us face reality. The framers of the Constitution have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separated institutions that cannot be unified by mechanical linkages, frail bridges, tinkering. If we are to "turn the founders upside down" - to put together what they put asunder - we must directly confront the constitutional structure they erected." - James MacGregor Burns, traitor, globalist, advocate of constitutional revision, The Power To Lead, 1984. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
