McLendon v. State

Wyatt, Justice.

There is no merit in the general grounds of the motion for new trial. The State’s evidence abundantly proved every element of the crime of murder.

The first special ground assigns error on the failure of the trial judge to grant a continuance. On the call of the case, the following occured:

Counsel for the accused: “We would like to make a motion for a continuance in this case. . . There is a considerable amount of evidence which counsel for the accused has been diligently trying to obtain. . . I have had this case now for about two and a half weeks. I haven’t done anything…