Shepherd v. State

108 So.2d 494 (1959)

Makron H. SHEPHERD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. A-322.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

January 20, 1959.

David H. Levin, Pensacola, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Odis M. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Defendant has appealed from a judgment and prison sentence of twenty years based upon a verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter. The error assigned on appeal is directed to the trial court's denial of a motion for postponement or continuance made by defendant at the time and under the…