Rogers v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

The defendant appeals her conviction of three counts of violations of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Held:

1. The defendant filed a Motion for Continuance alleging “she was prejudiced by the call of her case outside its normal sequence on the Court docket.” The motion was filed and denied on September 17,1979. The trial was held September 19,1979. The motion was not renewed on the day of trial. Our Code provides that cases on the criminal docket shall be called in the order in which they stand on the docket “or otherwise in the sound discretion of the Court.”…