State v. Sanchez

SEYMOUR, Justice.

October 15, 1952 verdict of the jury was returned in Bernalillo County District ■Court finding the defendant Carlos Sanchez guilty of murder in the first degree and specifying life imprisonment in lieu of ■death. Appeal is prosecuted from the verdict, and from judgment and sentence entered thereon.

Principal points relied upon for reversal .are four in number:

“Point I. Appellant was entitled to but was denied a continuance of his trial upon the ground that appellant, being a poor and pauper person without means with which to employ counsel, was entitled to well-prepared…