Legal Opinion
Henegar v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided May 14, 1985No. F-83-421PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Judge:
Harold Richard Henegar was convicted of Forgery in the Second Degree, After Former Conviction of Two or More Felonies and sentenced to twenty-five years’ imprisonment.
Appellant alleges error occurred when the trial court denied his motion for continuance lodged at trial after voir dire of the jury had begun. The purpose for the continuance was to give appellant time to hire private counsel as he had to date been represented by a public defender. The trial judge denied the motion:
THE COURT: All right. Well he’s not at this time prepared and hasn’t been prepared to employ…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Renfro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1976
- Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1981
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1969
- Swain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Shelton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1990
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987
- LAMAR v. STATECourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2018
- Croney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987
- Goodwin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
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