WINTER v. STATE

No. 42739.

247 Miss. 640 (1963)

157 So.2d 127

WINTER v. STATE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 4, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon E. Provine, Grenada, for appellant.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


LEE, P.J.

This is an appeal by Edwin Winter from a conviction for uttering a forged instrument, and a sentence of three years in the State Penitentiary.

The appellant has assigned and argued that the trial court was in error (1) in refusing to continue the case on account of the absence of a material witness for the defendant, who was sick; and (2) in requiring the defendant to stand trial after his counsel suddenly withdrew from the case, thus allowing him...

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