Carr v. State

Where movant seeks a continuance on account of the absence of a material witness but fails to show that such application is not made for the purpose of delay only, or that he expects to secure the witness’s presence at the next term of court, it is not error for the trial court to refuse the continuance. Cobb v. State, 110 Ga. 314 (1) (35 S. E. 178); Moulton v. State, 18 Ga. App. 285 (1) (89 S. E. 341); Nelson v. State, 84 Ga. App. 596 (1) (66 S. E. 2d 751). Special ground 1 is accordingly without merit.

The testimony objected to in special ground 2 is not, as contended by movant, either an…