Morris v. State

JAMES H. FAULKNER, Retired Justice.

Alvin Morris was indicted for the offense of rape in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found Morris guilty of the lesser included offense of sexual abuse in the first degree. Morris was sentenced to a split sentence of 10 years, with 2 years to serve and 5 years’ probation.

The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying Morris’s motion for continuance to allow defense counsel additional time to prepare for his case.

At Morris’s arraignment on April 10, 1991, defense counsel was appointed…