Jones v. State

Carlton Lee Jones appeals his sentence, imposed after he pleaded no contest to fleeing or eluding a police officer, resisting an officer without violence, and driving with a suspended license. He argues that the trial court erred in refusing to continue his sentencing hearing after his witnesses failed to attend the hearing. Because Jones did not satisfy the “four-part test” to determine if the trial court palpably abused its discretion in denying a continuance based on witnesses’ absence, we affirm.

On February 20, 2012, Jones entered an open plea of no contest to the three charges. The court…