Commonwealth v. Carter

GAWTHROP, III, J.,

The issue in this case is whether or not this court should exercise its discretion by granting a continuance for a limited period of time for a case which is listed for the first time, that being for October 21, 1980.

Andrew S. Wade, Esq., represents this defendant and has forthrightly and candidly averred in his motion for continuance, in paragraph four, “the defendant does not expect to be able to proceed to trial on the trial date indicated above due to the defendant’s difficulty in raising funds to pay his attorney. Defendant needs more time to arrange for his payment of…