McCannon v. State

Quillian, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for possessing a vehicle with an altered vehicle identification number. Held:

1. Error is alleged because the trial court refused a defense motion for continuance made on the ground that defense counsel did not have sufficient time to prepare for trial.

Defendant was indicted and arraigned in January 1981 and was represented by retained counsel at the time. It appears that the case was twice called for trial starting in March but trial was delayed due to the apparent illness of defense counsel. Trial was then scheduled for the week of May…