Jimenez v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District reversed appellant’s conviction for murder on the ground that the trial judge abused his discretion in denying appellant’s motion for continuance. Jimenez v. State, 648 S.W.2d 782 (Tex.App. —Dallas 1983). We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to review that determination.

Appellant was indicted for murder in January, 1980. On September 29, 1980, a trial date of November 10,1980, was scheduled and a pretrial hearing was scheduled for October 24,…