STATE v. FORD

No. 2009-KA-0392.

24 So.3d 249 (2009)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph L. FORD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr., District Attorney, Nisha Sandhu, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for State of Louisiana.

Christopher A. Aberle, Louisiana Appellate Project, Mandeville, LA, for Joseph Ford.

(Court composed of Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge PAUL A. BONIN).


PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

The present appeal raises the issue of whether the trial court erred in denying defense's untimely motion to continue, when that continuance was sought on the grounds that counsel had not yet consulted with her client on the facts of the case. Appellant, Joseph L. Ford, was convicted on November 19, 2008, of possession of between twenty-eight and two hundred grams of cocaine, a violation of La. R.S....

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