State v. Rawls

After a jury trial, the defendant, Bobby Lee Rawls, was convicted of two counts of possession of narcotics in violation of General Statutes § 19-481 (a).1 The defendant was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on one count, and to a consecutive sentence of seven years on the other count with execution suspended after one year, making a total effective sentence of fourteen years, suspended after eight, with five years probation.2 The court, Callahan, J-, subsequently modified the sentences to run concurrently. From this judgment, the defendant appeals claiming (1) that he was denied the right…