270 Ga. App. 381 - Currington v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. State · Johnson v. State · 262 Ga. App. 897 - Spradlin v. State · 195 Ga. App. 523 - Payne v. State · 205 Ga. App. 882 - Starnes v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[A] motion for a continuance predicated on the basis of counsel's lack of preparation for trial addresses itself to the sound discretion of the trial court and a ruling denying such a motion will not be interfered with unless the court has abused its discretion in denying the motion. . . . Mere shortness of time does not by itself show a denial of the rights of the accused, and mere shortness of time will not reflect an abuse of the trial court's discretion in denying a continuance, where the case is not convoluted and is without a large number of intricate defenses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Cl“[w]hen there is no showing that a continuance would have benefitted the defendant, he has not established harm in the denial of the continuance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Cl
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