Patterson v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Appellants Claude Patterson and David Warren Locke were convicted of arson in the second degree and appeal. Held:

1. Appellants contend that the trial court committed reversible error in denying their motions for continuance because their attorney was not retained until ten minutes before the jury was selected. In making this ruling preceding the trial on March 27, 1991, the trial court noted that when the case was first called in September it was continued to give the defendants time to hire counsel, as they were not entitled to appointed counsel when they were found…