Dent v. State

Full title: DENT v. THE STATE

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jul 15, 1976

228 S.E.2d 357 (Ga. Ct. App. 1976)

139 Ga. App. 321

Opinion

52382.

SUBMITTED JULY 12, 1976.

DECIDED JULY 15, 1976.

Theft by taking. DeKalb Superior Court. Before Judge Allen.

Jonathan C. Peters, for appellant.

Richard Bell, District Attorney, Calvin A. Leipold, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

BELL, Chief Judge.

The defendant was convicted of theft by taking. On appeal he enumerates only that the court erred in denying his motion for continuance. Motions for continuance are within the discretionary ambit of the trial judge and, absent a clear showing of abuse, this court will not reverse for refusing to grant a continuance. Keller v. State, 128 Ga. App. 129, 131 ( 195 S.E.2d 767). No abuse of discretion has been shown.

Judgment affirmed. Clark and Stolz, JJ., concur.

BELL, Chief Judge.

SUBMITTED JULY 12, 1976 — DECIDED JULY 15, 1976.