King v. State

The defendant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of assault with intent to rob and was sentenced to nine years in the state penitentiary. He appeals.

The sole insistence of appellant on this appeal is that he was forced to plead guilty because of the refusal of the trial judge to grant his request for a continuance when his case was called for trial on November 26, 1968.

The record reflects that the indictment in this case was returned on November 7, 1967. Defendant was arraigned, entered a *362plea of not guilty, and was released on bail on November 28, 1967. The cause was continued on motion of…