Vena v. Walker

Upon this hearing in habeas corpus it developed that the petitioner, on October 13, 1949, in Fairfield County, after a trial to the jury, was found guilty on the first and third counts and not guilty on the second count of an information in three counts each one of which charged a breaking and entering in violation of the provisions of §8413 of the General Statutes.

The state claimed that, in accordance with the provisions of Practice Book, § 297A, immediately subsequent to his aforesaid conviction (and before sentence) he was put to plea on a charge of being a second offender under General…