Ivey v. State

The defendant was indicted for the murder of Lonnie Boyett. The homicide occurred on December 25, 1921. The indictment was returned on January 3, 1922. The case was called for trial on January 5, 1922. The defendant moved to continue or postpone his case, on the ground that he had been in jail since the homicide; that he was unable to employ counsel to represent him; that his wife employed counsel to represent him on the preceding Monday night; that he had had no chance to prepare his case for trial; that he was not ready for trial, because he had some witnesses who were not present; that he…