State v. . Whitfield

Stacy, O. J.

Did the refusal of the trial court to grant the prisoner’s motion for a continuance impinge upon his constitutional right of confrontation? All the assignments of error, properly made, revolve around this one question.

The rule undoubtedly is, that the right of confrontation carries with it, not only the right to face one’s “accusers and witnesses with other testimony” (sec. 11, Bill of Rights), but also the opportunity fairly to present one’s defense. S. v. Ross, 193 N. C., 25, 136 S. E., 193; S. v. Hartsfield, 188 N. C., 357, 124 S. E., 629. A right observed according to form,…