State v. Salvaggio

Apr 27, 1965
Reporters:
,
Before:
Pee
Pee Curiam.

The defendant was found guilty by the Circuit Court in the second circuit of the crime of keeping a gambling house in violation of General ‍​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‍Statutes § 53-273. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Division of the Circuit Court, and the defendant was then granted certification by this court for review on two questions: the validity of the arrest and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.

“We need consider only the ‍​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‍second question, viz., that upon all the evidence the court could not have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Such a claim is determined by an examination of the evidence and not by a finding of facts. State v. Frost, 105 Conn. 326, 332, 135 A. 446; State v. Schofield, 114 Conn. 456, 459, 159 A. ‍​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‍285. The same procedure is provided by rule for the Appellate Division of the Circuit Court. Practice Book § 995. We have recently pointed out that where the appellant prints evidence, or a summary thereof, in the appendix to his brief which tends to support his claims, it then becomes the ‍​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‍duty of the state, as appellee, to print in its brief the evidence, or a summary thereof, which supports the finding of guilt. *718State v. Amendola, 152 Conn. 166, 168, 204 A.2d 836. We have again, in this case, a repetition of the complete failure on the part of the state to supply ‍​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‍us with the evidence, or a statement thereof, to sustain the conviction.

There is error, the judgment is set aside and a new trial is ordered.