State v. Fritz

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, Justice.

Defendant, David Fritz, seeks reversal of his convictions for second-degree aggravated assault and third-degree unlawful possession of a handgun. He asserts that the trial court’s refusal to grant a continuance of the trial prevented his attorney from adequately preparing a defense and, consequently, deprived defendant of constitutionally adequate representation by counsel. The issue posed by defendant’s appeal compels us to re-examine the standards that govern a criminal defendant’s entitlement to the effective representation of…