State v. Bethea

In a trial to the court, the defendant was found guilty of two counts of the sale of narcotics in violation of § 19-480 (a) of the General Statutes. The defendant has appealed, assigning error in the refusal of the court (MacDonald, J.) to grant a continuance at a pretrial hearing, and in the finding and conclusions of the trial court (Parskey, J.). In his brief, the defendant has pursued two lines of argument. He first contends that the refusal of the court to grant a continuance violated his rights to offer the testimony of witnesses and to due process of law. Second, he argues that the…