Court Opinion

ID: 9793305
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:45:54.564704+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:04:26.205889
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BUSSEY, Presiding Judge,
dissents:
I must respectfully dissent. I would affirm the conviction. The defendant was employed, had been represented by counsel, was not entitled to court appointed counsel, nor to additional postponement for his failure to timely secure counsel of his choice. As was cited in Lamascus v. State, 516 P.2d 279 (Okl.Cr.1978):
If defendant’s contentions should be adopted by this Court, it would be a simple matter for any defendant in any case to completely frustrate the judicial process by alleging on the day of the trial that he is not prepared for trial and needs additional time to retain counsel for preparation of his defense, without having presented a valid reason to the trial court for his failure to retain legal counsel and to subpoena defense witnesses prior to date of trial.