Legal Opinion

Hall v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 11, 1957No. 19846PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. Where, on motion for continuance, it appeared that counsel were appointed on Monday to represent this defendant as well as two others, all indicted for the murder of the same man while in the commission of a robbery, and they tried the other defendants on Wednesday and Thursday, and the present case was called for trial on Friday, and the motion indicated no information or investigation which the movant desired, but he merely sought more time, we can not hold that it was an abuse of discretion to deny the motion. McLendon v. State, 205 Ga. 55 (2) (52 S. E. 2d 294);…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Corbin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
  2. Nelson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  3. McLendon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  4. Bryan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  5. Starr v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Dutton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  2. Blount v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
  3. Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  4. Dobbs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
  5. Fambro v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983

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