STATE v. HARRIS

No. 7514SC58.

216 S.E.2d 405 (1975)

26 N.C. App. 371

STATE of North Carolina v. Edward Thomas HARRIS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Robert R. Reilly, Raleigh, for the State.

Clayton, Myrick, McCain & Oettinger by Jerry B. Clayton and Kenneth B. Oettinger, Durham, for defendant appellant.


PARKER, Judge.

Defendant first assigns error to denial of his motion for a continuance. Such a motion is ordinarily addressed to the discretion of the trial judge and his ruling thereon is not subject to review absent a showing of abuse of discretion. However, when the motion is based on a right guaranteed by the Federal and State Constitutions, the question presented is one of law and not of discretion, and the decision of the trial judge is reviewable. State v....

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