Ex Parte Saranthus

Certiorari was granted to review the affirmance of the judgment of conviction of the petitioner, Donald Saranthus, for the offense of theft of services in the second degree.

Petitioner's primary argument is that the trial court abused its discretion in not granting his motion for a continuance.

In upholding the denial of the motion for continuance, the Court of Criminal Appeals stated: "Neither defendant nor his attorney gave any clear reason why the case should be continued or for the delay in invoking such ruling until after a jury had been selected to try the case."

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