State v. Roberts

BRITT, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the denial of his motion for a continuance in order that he might secure the attendance of a witness. The motion was made at trial after the State had rested its case. The record discloses that the alleged offense occurred -on 9 June 1973; that counsel was appointed on 11 June 1973; *126that the indictment was returned on or about 6 August 1973; that the case had been calendared for trial on two previous occasions, but had been continued upon motions by defendant; that the case came on for trial in May 1974; that two days before the trial, defense counsel…