The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by a Norwalk, Conn., man who was sentenced to 60 days in jail for painting swastikas on Beth Israel Synagogue in Norwalk three years ago. Harold Fahy, 24, of Norwalk, appealed to the Supreme Court after the Connecticut State Supreme Court of Errors upheld the conviction last July.
Fahy, in his appeal, is claiming that his constitutional rights were violated when evidence, a can of black paint and a paint brush, were taken from his home by police without a search warrant. State Supreme Court Justice Raymond E. Baldwin upheld that contention, but ruled that other evidence used in the case was so overwhelming as to be sufficient to uphold the conviction.
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