State v. Edwards

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant his motion for a continuance during pretrial arraignment. The defendant sought a continuance in order to cross-examine the State’s identifying witness to establish the witness’s testimony in the record for later impeachment purposes. It is a well established rule in North Carolina that granting a motion for a continuance is within the discretion of the trial court and its exercise will not be reviewed in the absence of manifest abuse of discretion. State v. Stepney, 280 N.C. 306, 185 S.E. 2d 844 (1972); State v.…