State v. Cufio

HATHAWAY, Judge.

The defendant was charged with the offense of offering to sell unregistered securities, a felony, and the jury found him guilty thereof. From the judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals. The following grounds are urged for reversal: (1) Denial of effective assistance of counsel; (2) re-reading of the instructions to the jury in the absence of the defendant without his having waived his right to be present; and (3) introduction into evidence of other acts of misconduct on the part of the defendant.

Briefly, the procedural chronology is as follows. On April 5, 1968, the…