State v. Dias

This is an appeal from a judgment

of the Superior Court revoking .the defendant’s probation and sentencing him to 4 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (A.C.I.). The defendant was charged on May 10, 1976, with having violated probation by selling a controlled ¡substance, and he was held without bail to await a violation hearing scheduled for May 25, 1976. At h-is first appearance on May 10, 1976, the defendant informed the court that he was represented by private counsel who was not present at the arraignment. The matter was tentatively referred to the public defender’s office after…