George v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

Everette L. George was tried to a jury and convicted of attempted murder and of being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm capable of being concealed upon his person.

He seeks reversal of his judgment of conviction upon the sole ground that the trial judge committed reversible error in granting the State’s motion for a one-weelc continuance of his trial date. The case was scheduled for trial on February 1, 1972. On that date the jury was empaneled, and all witnesses were present except one out-of-state witness from Oklahoma, who was unable to appear. The…