State v. Godfrey

McHUGH, Justice:

This is an appeal by Sylvia Godfrey from an order of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, entered on November 20, 1979, which sentenced her to one to five years in the penitentiary for obtaining property by false pretenses in violation of W.Va.Code, 61-3-24 [1931]. That order also denied the defendant’s motion to continue the sentencing hearing so as to allow her time to prepare and present additional evidence on the issue of whether she should be granted probation.

*27In 1978 the Jackson County Grand Jury returned five indictments against Sylvia Godfrey based on bad checks that…