180 S.E.2d 567 (Ga.App. 1971), 45719, Mclendon v. State

Citation: 180 S.E.2d 567, 123 Ga.App. 290

Opinion Judge: EVANS, Judge.

Party Name: T. A. McLENDON v. The STATE.

Attorney: (a) When the defendant is out of jail on bond, and has had several months to employ counsel, his neglect in failing to promptly do so is an insufficient ground for the granting of a continuance., (b) Generally, if counsel is ill when employed, a continuance because of such illness will not be gra...

Judge Panel: BELL, C.J., and QUILLIAN, J., concur. JORDAN, P.J., HALL, P.J., and EBERHARDT and DEEN, JJ., dissent. HALL, Presiding Judge (dissenting).

Case Date: January 21, 1971

Court: Georgia Court of Appeals