Cannady v. State

Grice, Justice.

James Cannady was convicted of murder committed on November 14, 1939, and was sentenced to be electrocuted. In his motion for new trial error was assigned on the court’s refusal of a continuance of the trial, on motion based on the ground that his counsel had been given barely twenty-four hours in which to prepare therefor,, which the movant’s counsel contended was insufficient time in which to inquire into the mental condition of their client or otherwise prepare his defense; that both of the counsel were engaged during this time in attendance on court and in attending to…