State v. Musselman

Citations

• 101 Wash. 330
• 172 P. 346
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 839

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law—Continuance—Absence of Witnesses—Abuse of Discretion. It is error to force one accused of murder to trial within twenty-five days after filing the information, and to deny a continuance in order to secure absent nonresident witnesses, where the killing was admitted and the only defense was insanity, and it appears that the accused had only recently arrived in this state, and witnesses from North Dakota made affidavit as to material, competent and important facts bearing on the issue of insanity which they would testify to, if the case were postponed until after harvest, and reasonable probability of their attendance in such case was assured.</p>