State v. Kunkel

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

Werner Kunkel appealed from a county court judgment which found him guilty of driving while his license was suspended. Kunkel contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant his counsel’s motion for a continuance, and further erred in denying his counsel’s motion to withdraw from representation. We reverse the criminal judgment and remand for a new trial.

At 3:00 a.m. on May 23, 1989, Officer Kent Schafer and Officer Nancy Roca-montes of the Devils Lake Police Department were patrolling on Old U.S. Highway 2. Officer Schafer was driving the patrol car while…