Hooks v. State

This is an appeal from denial of the petitioner’s (appellant’s) petition for post conviction relief. Errors assigned are:(1) Trial Court’s denial of an in-trial motion for continuance, and(2) Trial Court’s denial of a subsequent motion for leave to produce additional evidence.

Both assignments relate to the petitioner’s endeavor to get the same witness before the court.

Petitioner was charged with murder in the first degree on August 26, 1974. A motion for a change of venue from the county and a petition for an order authorizing the employment of a private psychiatrist and access to…