
    State of Connecticut v. Rexall Gaskin
    
      James D. Cosgrove, chief public defender, for the appellant (defendant).
    
      Richard F. Jacobson, state’s attorney, for the appellee (state).
    Argued March 7
    decided March 7, 1978
   It appearing that the defendant in the above-entitled case has failed to prosecute his appeal from the Superior Court in Fairfield County with proper diligence, it is, under Practice Book $ 696, ordered by the Supreme Court, suo motu, that the appeal be and hereby is dismissed unless the defendant on or before April 7, 1978, files his brief.  