State v. Bell

The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for the offense of third-degree burglary. Minn. St. 1961, § 621.10. He asserts error in the trial court’s denial of a continuance to allow him to secure a witness to testify in his behalf, and further on the ground that he was prejudiced because the attorney who defended him also represented a codefendant who had entered a plea of guilty.

From the transcript it appears there was evidence from which the jury could find that during the early morning hours of July 23, 1963, police officers of the city of Minneapolis received a radio…