State v. Bradley

In separate trials in General Sessions Court for York County, the appellants, Weaver and Bradley, were convicted of selling LSD. Separate sales were involved, but both appellants preliminarily pled entrapment and claimed that one James Hunter, an alleged informer, was a material witness to this defense. They moved jointly for a continuance on the ground that the sheriff had been unable to locate Hunter to serve subpoenas duly issued for his attendance as a witness. Their appeals from the refusal of this motion have been consolidated pursuant to Rule 26.

The motion for a continuance was…