(DOWNLOAD) "State v. Devine" by Supreme Court of Connecticut " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Devine
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 19, 1962
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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The defendants, Thomas C. Cooper,
John S. Devine and Robert F. Smith, were tried,
jointly, to a jury on an information charging them
with conspiracy. They were found guilty. Devine
and Cooper appealed. The defendants were without funds to employ
counsel for themselves. Cooper was represented at
the trial by the public defender, Richard C.
Parmelee. Devine and Smith were represented by
special public defenders appointed by the trial
court. After the appeal had been filed Cooper and
Devine, hereinafter called the defendants, attempted
to perfect the appeal themselves. Thereafter,
the court appointed the special public defender
who had represented Devine at the trial to
represent him on the appeal. Subsequently, Devine
sought, without success, to have his counsel removed,
and both he and Cooper moved for the appointment
of other counsel. Cooper persisted in his attempt
to perfect his own appeal, with consequent
confusion and delay. When the cases were first
assigned for argument in this court, he asked
[149 Conn. 643]