Chesser v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was found guilty of cruelty to children and sentenced to serve twenty years, twelve years to be served in the state penitentiary and the remaining eight to be served on probation. Defendant’s motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals. Held:

In his enumeration of errors defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his petition to certify certain Florida witnesses as material and in refusing to grant a continuance (at both the discovery motion hearing and the trial) so that he (defendant) could subpoena these Florida witnesses to testify in his…