PINSON v. STATE

No. 57429.

518 So.2d 1220 (1988)

William Glen PINSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Thorne, Moffett & Thorne, Tupelo, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

William Glen Pinson was convicted of rape by the Circuit Court of Lee County, Mississippi, and sentenced to a term of twenty-eight (28) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He now appeals for relief assigning as error the following:

I. That the trial court erred in denying Pinson a continuance when it was brought to the attention of the court that a material witness was suddenly unavailable;<...

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