State v. Gerardi

The defendant, having been convicted and sentenced on three counts of pool selling (§53-295), seeks reversal of the judgment upon two grounds assigned as error: first, that the court erred in denying his motion for a continuance; and second, that the court committed reversible error in denying him the right to a jury trial.

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The assignment of error based upon the order denying a continuance challenges the discretion of the trial court and charges that the failure of the trial court to grant a continuance constituted an abuse of discretion.

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