Edenfield v. State

1. A trial judge lias a wide discretion when passing on a motion for a continuance of a case. He is the trior of the facts, and his discretion will not be controlled unless flagrantly abused; and the burden is upon the movant to affirmatively show such an abuse. In the instant case it was not affirmatively shown to the judge that the defendant was too ill to safely go to trial or to confer with and assist his counsel throughout the trial. Furthermore, the defendant was present in court and the judge had the benefit of observing his actual physical condition as it appeared to him. It does not,…