State v. Garceau

The defendant’s contentions are that the Trial Court erred in not suppressing certain evidence obtained from a search of his person, in not granting a continuance during the course of the trial so defendant could change counsel, and in admitting and excluding evidence. We uphold the Trial Court and confirm the conviction.

According to the testimony of Janice Smith, who was a State’s witness, she, one Free, and Garceau had been engaged in the systematic passing of bad checks over a wide area including parts of Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, from July 25 to August 14 when they were…