Bryant v. State

The defendant, claiming that the trial court committed reversible error in denying his motion for a postponement of the trial, has appealed his conviction of armed robbery.

After he had been arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty, the defendant moved for a postponement on the ground that he had not been able to get in touch with a certain witness who had moved from the place where he had been living in Baltimore City and was said to be in Alabama. Although the defendant had made some effort to contact the witness before trial, no effort was made to subpoena him or to inform the State of…