State v. Myers

ELLETT, Justice:

This is an appeal from a conviction of the crime of forgery (a noncapital felony offense) and sentence pursuant thereto.

The defendant in his original brief makes only one assignment of error, viz.: The court below erred in continuing the trial in defendant’s absence.

There is no dispute in the facts, and the evidence justified the verdict rendered. The trial of the case began December 16, and the state rested the next day. The defendant asked for and was granted a continuance until December 22 in order for an out-of-state witness to appear and testify. On the morning of the…