Turner v. Commonwealth

EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction of the crime of arson under which the trial jury fixed appellant’s punishment at imprisonment for five years.

A number of questions are argued on this appeal, but the appellant’s first argument, that he was entitled to a continuance, is the only one which appears to have any semblance of merit. It will not be necessary in this opinion to list or discuss the other four arguments presented by the appellant.

The indictment in the instant case was returned on October 11, 1971. On the same date, the defendant was arrested and…