State v. Fenster

Decision Date17 December 1963
Citation197 A.2d 944,151 Conn. 729
CourtConnecticut Supreme Court
PartiesSTATE of Connecticut v. Max FENSTER. Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut

Harold B. Dean, Asst. Prosecuting Atty., for the appellee (state).

C. Robert Satti, New London, for the appellant (defendant).

It appearing that the state has failed to defend with proper diligence against the appeal of the defendant from the judgment of the Appellate Division of the Circuit Court so far as it affirmed the judgment of the Circuit Court in the tenth circuit finding the defendant guilty under the second count of the information, it is ordered that the judgments of the trial court and the Appellate Division under the second court are set aside and the case is remanded with direction to render judgment dismissing the second court of the information.

Setting aside in part 199 A.2d 177.

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  • Ralls v. Manson
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Connecticut
    • May 7, 1974
    ...37 A survey of the reported cases reveals only two instances in which the motion has been granted against the state, State v. Fenster, 151 Conn. 729, 197 A.2d 944 (1963), and State v. Stanley, 157 Conn. 625, 250 A.2d 326 (1969), but in both of these cases the appeals were from the Circuit C......
  • State v. Plourde
    • United States
    • Circuit Court of Connecticut. Connecticut Circuit Court, Appellate Division
    • September 3, 1965
    ...Such a motion is permissible under §§ 696 and 1023 of the Practice Book and is addressed to the discretion of the court. State v. Fenster, 151 Conn. 729, 197 A.2d 944. The defendant's assignment of errors was filed on February 4, 1965. The briefs of both parties were due within two weeks th......
  • State v. McCarthy
    • United States
    • Connecticut Supreme Court
    • January 14, 1975
    ...of Appeals, 151 Conn. 727, 197 A.2d 942 (appeals dismissed suo motu); State v. Stanley, 157 Conn. 625, 250 A.2d 326, State v. Fenster, 151 Conn. 729, 197 A.2d 944 (criminal convictions set aside suo Thus, on February 5, 1974, this court, on its own motion pursuant to § 696 of the Practice B......
  • Chanosky v. City Bldg. Supply Co.
    • United States
    • Connecticut Supreme Court
    • February 25, 1965
    ...Conn. 727, 197 A.2d 942, Tkaczyk v. Levine, 151 Conn. 728, 197 A.2d 942, Wells v. Wells, 151 Conn. 728, 197 A.2d 943, and State v. Fenster, 151 Conn. 729, 197 A.2d 944. An important element in that determination is the number, extent and merit of the extensions of time obtained for taking v......

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