Page v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted and convicted of the offense of bribery. A motion for new trial was filed and denied. Defendant appeals. Held:

1. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s motion for a continuance based on an article which was published in an Atlanta newspaper on the eve of the trial. There was evidence of a single factual newspaper article. Jurors need not be totally ignorant of the facts and issues involved. The voir dire disclosed no suggestion of the formation of fixed opinions as to guilt or innocence of the accused from any…