State v. Moffitt

GRAHAM, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the court’s refusal to grant his motion for a continuance and also the court’s refusal to allow his motion to quash the bill of indictment on the ground he was not afforded his constitutional right to a speedy trial. These assignments of error are overruled.

Defendant’s motion for a continuance was grounded upon the fact the public defender who was first assigned as defense counsel was involved in another court trial and unable to represent defendant on the day this case was calendared for trial. It affirmatively appears, however, that another attorney…