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HAWKINS v. STATE

Nos. G-425-G-429.

184 So.2d 486 (1966)

Fred HAWKINS, Jerome Wilkerson, Joe Lewis Young, and Ronald Von Taylor, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Fred HAWKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Jerome WILKERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Joe Lewis YOUNG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Ronald VON TAYLOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

March 15, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Miller, Asst. Public Defender, for appellants.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and William D. Roth, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

RAWLS, Chief Judge.

Appellants by this appeal from a judgment of conviction of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony urge that the trial court's refusal to grant their attorney's motion for continuance was an abuse of judicial discretion and error. We agree and reverse.

On January 29, 1965 the trial court, having been informed of the withdrawal of appellants' initial attorneys, appointed the Public Defender to represent appellants who were arraigned...

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