STATE v. BELCHER

No. 668.

488 P.2d 125 (1971)

83 N.M. 75

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe Paul BELCHER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

August 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Lee Cathey, Carlsbad, for appellant.

David L. Norvell, Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, Ethan K. Stevens, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


OPINION

HENDLEY, Judge.

Convicted of forgery, Defendant appeals. His sole point on appeal is that the trial court abused its discretion in not granting a motion for continuance.

We affirm.

The motion was filed four days prior to trial and recited that it was necessary to obtain subpoenas for two out-of-state witnesses, who did not testify, and one in-state witness, who did testify at trial.

At the hearing on the motion the following...

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