STATE v. SPRINGER


149 Conn. 244 (1962)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. FRANK SPRINGER ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Stoughton, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John D. LaBelle, state's attorney, and J. Read Murphy, assistant state's attorney, for the appellant (state).

James D. Cosgrove, public defender, for the appellee (defendant Leighton).

David D. Berdon, for the appellee (defendant Springer).

KING, MURPHY, SHEA, ALCORN and HOUSE, JS.


ALCORN, J.

On May 7, 1959, the defendants, Frank Springer and Andrew J. Leighton, Jr., who were then confined in the state prison at Wethersfield, were arrested on a bench warrant which was issued on that day by the Superior Court at the request of the state's attorney for Hartford County based on an information charging the defendants and others with conspiracy to convey narcotics, barbiturates and intoxicating liquors into the prison. The specific allegations of...

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