State v. Parks

Grady, Judge.

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in failing to grant defendant-appellant’s motion to continue his trial. The basis of the motion was that the state had failed to meet its obligations under Crim.R. 16 by willfully failing to provide the address of the state’s complaining witness. After allowing counsel for defendant-appellant to unsuccessfully attempt to interview the witness in the hallway of the courthouse on the morning of trial, the trial court concluded that the witness’s refusal to discuss the case with counsel for…