Case Name: Nigel Anthony WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-08-23
Citations: 763 So. 2d 1281
Docket Number: No. 3D99-2392
Parties: Nigel Anthony WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, COPE, and GREEN, JJ. .
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 763
Pages: 1281–1282

Head Matter:
Nigel Anthony WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D99-2392.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 23, 2000.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Harvey J. Sepler, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Douglas J. Glaid, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, COPE, and GREEN, JJ. .

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Given the overwhelming evidence of guilt adduced by the state, we cannot find that the denial of the appellant's motion for a continuance during trial, in order to locate a defense witness, caused any material prejudice to the appellant particularly when it is unknown whether the witnesses' testimony would have been favorable to the appellant. Thus, we cannot conclude that the denial of the motion for continuance constituted a palpable abuse of judicial discretion and therefore affirm the appellant's conviction. See Geralds v. State, 674 So.2d 96, 99 (Fla.1996) (denial of a motion for continuance should not be reversed unless the record clearly and affirmatively shows that there has been a palpable abuse of discretion); see also Jent v. State, 408 So.2d 1024, 1028 (Fla.1981) (same); Holman v. State, 347 So.2d 832, 836 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977) (same).
Affirmed.
JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ., concur.