STATE v. PATTON

No. 6915SC204.

167 S.E.2d 821 (1969)

5 N.C. App. 164

STATE of North Carolina v. William Everett PATTON, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan, by Asst. Atty. Gen. William W. Melvin and Staff Atty. T. Buie Costen, Raleigh, for the State.

John Xanthos, Burlington, for defendant appellant.


MORRIS, Judge.

Upon the call of this case for trial the defendant moved for a continuance on the ground that a material witness had not been located, and, upon refusal of the court to continue the case, moved to quash the indictment.

Motion to Continue

The trial judge in his discretion refused to grant the continuance. Defendant now argues that by this ruling he was denied his constitutional right...

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