State v. Robinson

GRAHAM, Judge.

Defendants assign as error the denial of their motion for a bill of particulars made on 4 January 1972, the date on which the case was set for trial peremptorily as the first case.

Although defendants were arrested four months previously and were given a preliminary hearing on 6 September 1971, no motion was made for a bill of particulars and no request was made of the solicitor for information until court opened on 4 January 1972. The peremptory setting for that date was prompted by a previous continuance made necessary when defendants requested the discharge of their second…