State v. Maxwell

The defendant was convicted of burglary. He assigns as error the denial of a continuance, refusal of an orally requested instruction, and the overruling óf a motion for a directed verdict. We affirm the judgment of the District Court.

As the jury was about to be impaneled the State was permitted to endorse the name of a handwriting expert on the information. The court assured the defendant that his attorney would have an opportunity before commencement of the trial, but after the jury was impaneled, to question the new witness. “A motion for continuance is addressed to the sound discretion of…