Daughtry v. State

Johnson, Judge.

A jury found Roger Daughtry guilty of criminal damage to property. This is an out-of-time appeal from the judgment entered on that verdict.

1. Daughtry asserts the trial court abused its discretion by not granting him a continuance to allow him the opportunity to secure counsel. Daughtry retained counsel soon after he was arrested in connection with an incident in which he damaged a 1985 Thunderbird automobile with a weight-lifting bar. Soon after the indictment was returned, counsel wrote a letter notifying the clerk of the court that Daughtry no longer wanted his services and…