Albrecht v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The appellant, upon his plea of guilty before the court after the waiver of a trial by jury was found guilty of misdemeanor theft, and his punishment was assessed at a fine of one dollar and forty days in jail.

The overruling of appellant’s first motion for a continuance is relied on as a ground for reversal.

The motion alleges that appellant had not had time to examine any written statements that Mary Pennington may have given to the officers, that he understood that she had been given immunity from prosecution, and unless he is able to take her deposition he could not…