People v. Ward

Opinion

COLE, J. *

Oscar Columbus Ward was convicted of the first degree murder of Anthony Frank Ungaro. Defendant raises on this appeal contentions (1) that his arrest and the ensuing search were unlawful; (2) that it was prejudicial error for the court to give a “lying in wait” instruction to the jury, and (3) that the court abused its discretion in refusing a month’s continuance of the trial and substituting the public defender in the place of private defense counsel.

We have concluded that defendant’s contentions are without merit and we affirm the judgment.

The Arrest, Search and Seizure

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