SPRUEILL v. STATE

No. 43769.

468 S.W.2d 461 (1971)

Richard D. SPRUEILL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Hausenfluck, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Sam Cleveland, Dist. Atty., Stephenville, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of burglary; the punishment assessed by the jury was 12 years. Appellant was tried with a co-defendant, Charles Otis Miller, who did not appeal.

Three grounds of error are alleged, all of which pertain to the overruling of appellant's motion for continuance. He contends that the time to properly prepare his defense was inadequate and...

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