State v. Anonymous (1975-3)

In these cases the defendant moved in the Circuit Court for an indefinite continuance, and his motion was denied. On appeal by the defendant, the state moved to dismiss the appeal.

Appeals to the Appellate Division of the Court of Common Pleas, from which this case was transferred pursuant to General Statutes § 52-5a, were allowed only from final judgments or actions of the Circuit Court. General Statutes § 51-265 (later amended; see § 52-6a); State v. Chapnick, 30 Conn. Sup. 518, 521. The denial of the defendant’s motion was not a final judgment. “An appeal lies only from a final judgment,…