HICKMAN, Justice.
Cleveland Parker's conviction for aggravated robbery must be reversed because the trial court failed to grant a continuance.
Parker's case was set to be tried before a jury November 5, 1979. His attorney also represented William Compton whose criminal case was later set for the same day. Parker's attorney was certain that at the time the Compton case was set the court told him that the Parker case would be rescheduled.
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