State v. Carman

SWANSTROM, Judge.

James Carman was convicted by a jury of committing forcible rape. The district court sentenced Carman to a ten-year indeterminate term. Carman appeals from the judgment of conviction and from the final order denying his I.C.R. 35 motion to reduce the sentence. The issues on appeal are whether the district court abused its discretion in not granting a continuance of the trial date so Carman could substitute private counsel of his choice for court-appointed counsel, and whether the court abused its discretion in denying Carman’s Rule 35 motion. For reasons explained below, we…