State v. Curtis

ARCHIBALD, Justice.

The defendant, indicted for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (17 M.R.S.A. § 201), elected to waive trial by jury and, after trial before a single Justice of the Superior Court, was convicted of simple assault. He has appealed and assigns, as a basis therefor, the following reason:

“The court erred in refusing to grant a continuance upon request of Defendant’s counsel and such error was prejudicial and material to the conduct of Defendant’s defense and constitutes reversible error.”

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