Nichols v. State

The appellant, James Francis Nichols, was convicted of assault with intent to rob in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County by a jury, Judge Roscoe H. Parker presiding. He was sentenced to three years under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction.

The only question presented on this appeal is whether the trial judge erred in denying appellant’s pre-trial motion for continuance. We hold that there was no error.

Immediately prior to trial the appellant’s attorney moved for a continuance, assigning as the reason that he had been informed by appellant that there were two witnesses,…