State v. Carriker

CAMPBELL, Judge.

The appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to continue the trial for the reason that remarks made by the court before the jury panel had prejudiced the right of the defendant to a fair trial. Specifically, the appellant *93contends that the court prejudiced him in the minds of prospective jurors through remarks made in sentencing a defendant in a marijuana possession case heard prior to his own.

In the previous case after a plea of guilty and before passing sentence, the trial judge had remarked that it was his experience with persons using marijuana…