State v. Sinica

The defendant was convicted of the crime of pool selling, in violation of § 53-295 of the General Statutes, in a trial to the jury and has appealed, assigning as errors (1) the court’s denial of a motion for a bill of particulars; (2) its denial of a motion to correct the finding; (3) its rejection of the defendant’s attempt to correct the finding; (4) its rejection of the defendant’s attempt to introduce handwriting samples of a witness; (5) its failure to declare, sua sponte, a mistrial; and (6) its denying the defendant the right to present mitigating factors prior to imposition of…