Fluellen v. State

The defendant was convicted of the offense of burglary, and assigns error on the overruling of his motion for a new trial. ■ The only special ground of the motion for a new trial alleges that counsel for the defendant “was given no time to make an investigation of the case or prepare for the defense.” Counsel for the plaintiff in error relies upon the case of McArver v. State, 114 Ga. 514 (40 S. E. 779). The case at bar is easily differentiated from the McArver case, in that in that case, while there was no formal motion for a continuance, counsel for the defendant did “ask for sufficient…