State v. Trantolo

The defendant, Joseph Trantolo, was convicted, after a court trial, of failure to carry a fire extinguisher, in violation of General Statutes § 15-129 (a) (5), and failure to carry a personal flotation device, in violation of General Statutes § 15-129 (a) (1). He was sentenced to pay a fine of $75 plus costs on each of these two counts. During the pendency of the defendant’s appeal from this conviction, he died. His appeal was thereafter transferred from the Appellate Court to this court pursuant to Practice Book § 4023.

From the briefs and the oral arguments, it has become clear that, in this…