State v. Spence
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Justice:
The defendant, John Spence, Jr., appeals his conviction by a jury of armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Marion County. He asserts three assignments of error: (1) that the photographic identification was tainted; (2) that the trial court gave a jury instruction on flight when no evidence of flight was introduced at trial; and (3) that the trial court committed reversible error when it refused to grant a continuance to permit the defendant’s newly appointed attorney reasonable time to prepare for trial. After examining the record as a whole, we find no reversible error, and…
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