Hudson v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellant Arthur Lee Hudson was charged on June 23,1988, with two counts of delivery of cocaine, a controlled substance, (counts I and II) and one count of possession with intent to deliver (count III). Hudson’s brother, Robert Earl Hudson, was also charged on counts II and III.

The cases were set for trial on February 21,1989.1 On that same date Arthur Lee Hudson moved for a continuance on counts II and III on the ground that Robert Earl Hudson was a material witness to his defense and had raised the issue of mental capacity in his own defense, and that Robert Earl…