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VILLEGAS v. CARTER

No. C-4776.

711 S.W.2d 624 (1986)

Jaime Lara VILLEGAS, Petitioner, v. Wilmot R. CARTER et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Montes, Jr., El Paso, for petitioner.

Edwards, Belk, Hunter and Kerr, J. Crawford Kerr, El Paso, for respondents.

SPEARS, Justice.

This case involves the trial court's discretion to deny a motion for continuance after allowing the attorney to withdraw two days before trial. As a result of the denial, the petitioner Villegas appeared pro se and prosecuted his case unsuccessfully. In an unpublished opinion, the court of appeals affirmed the judgment. We reverse the court of appeals judgment and remand to the trial court for a new trial.

In June, 1982, Jaime Lara...

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