Leach v. State

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Commissioner.

The conviction was for delivery of LSD, a controlled substance. Punishment was set at eight years’ confinement. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

Two grounds of error are assigned. The first asserts that the court erred in refusing appellant’s motion for continuance which sought a postponement of the trial so that appellant’s chemist could make a chemical analysis of the alleged contraband.

Appellant was indicted on May 7, 1975. His first motion for a continuance on June 23, 1975, was granted due to the illness of his counsel. On September…