Tucker v. State

Clark, Judge.

Defendant was tried and convicted before a jury of the offense of forgery in the first degree. Appeal is now brought to this court from the judgment of conviction and from the denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial.

1. Error is enumerated upon the refusal of the trial court to grant a continuance on the ground of lack of opportunity for appointed counsel to prepare a defense. Defendant contends that the denial of the continuance motion deprived him of his constitutional right to benefit of counsel.

Pursuant to Code Ann. § 6-805 (f), counsel for the state and for the defendant…