Hunt v. State

• Decision Date: 05 May 1897
• Citation: 27 S.E. 670,102 Ga. 569
• Parties: HUNT v. STATE.
• Court: Georgia Supreme Court

27 S.E. 670

102 Ga. 569

HUNT

v.STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 5, 1897.

Criminal Law—Continuance.

Where an attorney is appointed by the court to defend a person accused of a felony, the court should allow him a reasonable time for the preparation of the defense: and where a motion for such time is made and refused, and the case is close and doubtful on the facts, justice requires that a new trial should be granted.

(Syllabus by the Court.)

Error from superior court, Chattahoochee county; W. B. Butt, Judge.

John Hunt was convicted of crime, and brings error. Reversed.

C. C. Minter, E. F. Hickey, and H. V. Hargett, for plaintiff in error.

S. P. Gilbert, Sol. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. Judgment reversed.