Richards v. State

Evans, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of the offense of perjury. Motion for new trial on the general grounds only was filed on the 11th day of October, 1971, and set down for hearing on the 3rd day of December, 1971. Thereafter, the hearing was continued four times because the court reporter had not completed the transcript. It was thereafter twice continued by agreement of the parties. The transcript was prepared on March 9, 1972. The last continuance was until the 23rd day of June, 1972. On the 17th day of August, 1973, the court issued an order stating that the case had been continued…