State v. Bell

The defendant appeared in the trial court pro se. In his appeal he has assigned error in the failure of the trial court to advise him of his right to counsel and of his right to testify; in denying him a fair trial; in admitting evidence claimed to be hearsay and in concluding upon all the evidence that he was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The pertinent facts can be stated in summary as follows: On February 1, 1962, about 1 a.m., a police officer went to an apartment located in the city of Hartford and occupied by a single woman. From the street no lights were visible in the apartment,…