State v. Rice

HEDRICK, Judge.

All of defendant’s assignments of error relate to the court’s refusal to delay defendant’s trial in order to obtain defendant’s *185witnesses and in the use of the stipulation that the witnesses, if present, would corroborate defendant’s testimony.

Although not denominated as such, we treat the colloquy set out in the record between the defendant and the court as a denial of motions to continue and to reopen the case for the introduction of additional testimony.

It is well settled in this State that a motion to continue is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge and his…