Legal Opinion

Rowland v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 1, 1971No. 46411PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Judge.

Defendant appeals from the judgment of the trial court revoking his suspended sentence and probation, and sentencing him to confinement in the State penitentiary for a period of three years. He enumerates as error denial of his motion for continuance, failure to dismiss the second rule nisi, that the terms of the suspended sentence were vague, ambiguous and indefinite, and that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to show any violation of probation.

1. "The granting of a motion for continuance is within the sound discretion of the trial judge, and this court will not…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dutton v. WillisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
  2. Turner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
  3. Morgan v. FosterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  4. Bryant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954
  5. Daniels v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1963

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Christy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  2. Boston v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  3. Hinton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  4. Fuqua v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  5. Clackler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974

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