Lemuel Marion Shirley, Jr. v. State of North Carolina

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• holding that denial of contin- uance to secure the attendance of a defense witness was a denial of due process where the government had delayed the case sixteen months and where the witness was explained to be\indispensable\ to the defense
• conviction reversed for denial of a continuance to obtain testimony of a critical defense witness
• conviction reversed for denial of a continuance to obtain testimony of a critical defense witness
• in a violation of state narcotics laws case, individual interest prevailed in due process challenge where government made clearly unsupported assertion that witness “might never be available”

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