Rogers v. State

Benham, Judge.

Convicted of simple battery, appellant complains on appeal of the State’s failure to comply with discovery requests and contends that the evidence was insufficient to convict.

1. After the jury was empaneled and sworn, defense counsel objected “to the trial proceeding,” offering as a ground for his objection that the State had not provided a copy of the accusation and a list of witnesses as appellant had timely demanded. The State requested a continuance, but the trial court refused after ascertaining that there was to be only one witness for the State, the victim, whose…