West Virginia Supreme Court· 6/5/1979

State v. Bush

Citations

255 S.E.2d 539
163 W. Va. 168
1979 W. Va. LEXIS 389

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Court denial of motion for continuance constituted ineffective assistance where counsel only had weekend to prepare case involving possible life sentence
“The likelihood of prejudice stemming from the denial of the continuance is quite high.”
“A motion for continuance is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and its ruling will not be disturbed on appeal unless there is a showing that there has been an abuse of discretion.”
“A motion for continuance is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and its ruling will not be disturbed on appeal unless there is a showing that there has been an abuse of discretion.”
a weekend was insufficient time to prepare

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Judges: McGraw

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