State v. Kohlfuss

The defendant, Alfred W. Kohlfuss, was convicted in a trial to the court of the crime of breaking and entering 1 a gasoline station on April 25, 1963, in Trumbull, in violation of § 53-76 of the General Statutes. Kohlfuss was represented by private counsel, selected and engaged by Mm, up to and including Ms conviction and the imposition of sentence in the Superior Court. Afterward, Ms counsel refused to take an appeal and ultimately was allowed to withdraw, and Kohlfuss undertook the appeal himself, the state supplying him with a transcript. The appeal came on for hearing before this court at…