ADGER v. STATE

No. 4779.

584 P.2d 1056 (1978)

Mable Louise ADGER, Appellant (Defendant below), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Gallivan, Director, Wyoming Defender Aid, and John R. Green, Student Director, Wyoming Defender Aid, Laramie, for appellant.

V. Frank Mendicino, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., Richard H. Honaker, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Sharon A. Fitzgerald, Legal Intern, Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before GUTHRIE, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, RAPER, THOMAS and ROSE, JJ.


GUTHRIE, Chief Justice.

Mable Louise Adger appeals her conviction of the crime of assault with a deadly weapon and the sentence therefor.

Defendant's major contention on appeal is that the trial court's refusal to grant her pretrial motions for continuance did not permit her attorneys adequate time in which to prepare her defense and amounted in substance to a deprivation of her right to effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by both the State and Federal...

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