State v. Santos

Pursuant to verdict, defendant-appellant, David E. Santos, was adjudged guilty of first degree sexual assault, in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-319 (Reissue 1989). After being found not to be a mentally disordered sex offender, he was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of not less than 8 nor more than 10 years. Santos urges the district court erred in, among other things, refusing to permit his attorney to withdraw and refusing to grant a continuance of the scheduled trial. We reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for a new trial.

On August 10,1989, an information was…