State v. Lewis

Upon the call of the case for trial defendant’s court-appointed counsel moved for a continuance. The court, after hearing arguments presented by defendant and the solicitor, denied the motion. The refusal of the court to continue the case is the basis for defendant’s first assignment of error. Defendant contends that his identity is the primary question in the case. He has contended since the habeas corpus proceeding that he is, in fact, Dr. Harold B. Richardson, a doctor who originally is from Haiti, and not Jessie B. Lewis. It appears from the record that the session of court began on…