State v. Magee

Although the facts underlying the arrests of each of these defendants differ in some inconsequential respects, the cases were transferred from the circuits in which they arose to another circuit for trial before the same judge because of the similarity of the issues involved. The defendants have been represented by the same counsel at the trial and during the appeals. The issues raised in each appeal are identical.

On various dates between August 24, 1972, and October 26, 1972, the same state policeman entered bookstores located in Norwich, Groton, New London, and Manchester, each store being…