Horton v. State
Decision Date | 15 July 1974 |
Docket Number | No. 2,No. 49491,49491,2 |
Citation | 132 Ga.App. 407,208 S.E.2d 186 |
Parties | James D. HORTON v. The STATE |
Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Hoyt & Boatright, George L. Hoyt, Alma, for appellant.
Dewey Hayes, Dist. Atty., Douglas, for appellee.
Syllabus Opinion by the Court
The defendant appeals from his conviction of the offense of aggravated battery.
The defendant enumerates as error (1) the trial judge's failure to grant a continuance or postponement as requested prior to trial, and (2) the denial of his motion for new trial on the ground that his attorney, George Hoyt, 'had been hired only a few minutes prior to the convening of court and had not had an opportunity to examine or subpoena witnesses, obtain a transcript of the prior trial or in any manner prepare for said trial.'
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