State v. Reynolds

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

The defendant, Stanley Reynolds, was convicted of aggravated rape and sentenced to a term of 25 years in the State penitentiary. The only issue presented is whether the trial court erred in refusing him a continuance. After considering the issue, we conclude that the judgment of conviction must be affirmed.

The defendant was convicted of raping Winnie Ncube, a student at Fisk University in Nashville, in the early afternoon of April 26, 1981. The defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence. His defense was an alibi. Although not attacked, we will briefly…