State v. Wilkinson

The defendant in this proceeding, Guy F. Wilkinson, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Putnam County on July 27, 1987, of driving under the influence of alcohol, second offense. He was sentenced to one year in the Putnam County Jail. On appeal he claims that the trial court erred in denying him a continuance of his trial date. He also claims that the court erred in permitting the prosecuting attorney to introduce evidence relating to an earlier conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol and evidence relating to the results of a breathalyzer test. After reviewing the record this…