PEOPLE v. GIBSON


128 A.D.2d 803 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Gibson, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

March 23, 1987


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant maintains that he was denied due process by the trial court's denial of his motion for a two-week adjournment. The basis of this request was twofold: (1) the defendant's attorney's wife was scheduled to undergo a Caesarean section more than one week in the future, and (2) the defendant desired to call his parents, who were allegedly in Louisiana, as character witnesses. These arguments are wholly without merit....

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