State v. Woods

BILLINGS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Henry J. Woods was tried and convicted in Jasper County of stealing a motor vehicle. He claims error was committed by the trial court in denying his request for a continuance, in failing to grant him a new trial because of newly-discovered evidence, in refusing to declare a mistrial following the answer of a witness, and in permitting a remark made by the prosecutor in his opening statement. We affirm.

In mid-afternoon, after the state had rested its case and the defendant had presented alibi testimony, defendant orally requested the trial be continued until…