STATE v. MARTIN

No. 8229SC1168.

306 S.E.2d 851 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. Jerry MARTIN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas G. Meacham, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Arledge, Callahan & Franklin by Hugh J. Franklin, Rutherfordton, for the defendant-appellant.


HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendant assigns error to the court's denial of his motion to continue. Defendant contends that denial of his motion deprived him of his constitutional rights to confront witnesses and to effective assistance of counsel. He claims that appointment of counsel only six days prior to trial provided insufficient opportunity "to confer with counsel, call witnesses in his defense and prepare cross-examination."

The general rule is that a motion...

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