White v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery. The appellant’s plea of guilty was accepted by the trial court after he had been fully admonished concerning the consequences of the plea, and the jury assessed the punishment at fifty years.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant his motion for a continuance filed on the first day of trial. The motion alleged that the illness of appellant’s counsel at the time of trial denied him a fair trial and the lack of adequate notice as to the day of trial denied him sufficient time to adequately…