State v. Flinn

*196¶1 Anthony Oren Flinn appeals his conviction for possession of an incendiary device. Flinn alleges that the trial court abused its discretion by granting a continuance beyond the time for trial period and by considering the judicial conference in deciding the length of the continuance. We hold that the trial judge granted the continuance for good cause — the State’s need to prepare for Flinn’s diminished capacity defense — and that five weeks was a reasonable period of time to continue the trial under the circumstances of this case.

Fairhurst, J.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2 On the morning…