Lomax v. Commonwealth

The sole question in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant the defendant’s motion for a continuance.

Clarence James Lomax was indicted for the murder of Muriel Johnson. A jury convicted him of the lesser-included offense of involuntary manslaughter and fixed his punishment at 10 years in the penitentiary. The court sentenced Lomax in accordance with the verdict.

On July 11, 1983, more than three weeks before trial, Lomax filed a discovery motion pursuant to Rule SATl.1 The defendant requested “[t]he results of any scientific tests, medical tests, autopsy reports,…