State v. Higley

Defendant appeals his conviction for driving under the influence. ORS 813.010. He assigns as errors that the trial court denied his motion to postpone and “forced” him to proceed to trial without counsel. We affirm.

On May 20,1988, defendant was arrested. On June 7, the court set a trial date of July 20. On June 21, the state moved to postpone, because one of its police witnesses would be unavailable on July 20. The district attorney told the court that defendant did not oppose the motion. The court reset the trial for August 10. On July 26, the state again moved to postpone, because the…