Dolen v. State

The plaintiff in error, Ben Dolen, hereafter referred to as defendant, was convicted of the crime of receiving stolen property, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. Defendant brings error proceedings to this court.

This case was previously before this court and is reported in 148 Neb. 317, 27 N. W. 2d 264. We reversed the judgment and remanded the cause for further proceedings for the reason that the trial court abused his judicial discretion in failing to grant a continuance to allow defense counsel sufficient time to prepare for trial and to obtain the presence of an absent…