STATE v. BELANGER


148 Conn. 57 (1961)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ARTHUR N. BELANGER STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. LEO F. McCANN

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 5, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert I. Berdon, with whom was Frank S. Shea, for the appellants (defendants).

Allyn L. Brown, Jr., state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

BALDWIN, C. J., KING, MURPHY, MELLITZ and SHEA, JS.


MELLITZ, J.

On February 11, 1958, the defendants were arraigned on an information charging them with illegal possession of narcotic drugs. Prior to their arraignment, the state's attorney had information in his files of prior convictions which would justify charging the defendants as second offenders of the narcotics laws. Immediately before their arraignment, the state's attorney called each defendant separately into a jury room with his attorney and informed each...

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