State v. Thompson

302 S.E.2d 310 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

George Harris THOMPSON.

No. 8227SC963.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 3, 1983.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Grayson G. Kelley, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defender Ann B. Peterson, and James R. Glover, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

HILL, Judge.

Defendant first argues that the trial judge erred in denying his motion for continuance because of the unavailability of an alibi witness. As a general rule, the grant or denial of a motion for continuance is in the sound discretion of…