Court Opinion

ID: 9770163
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 15:52:26.856892+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:15.392527
License: Public Domain

TOM RICKHOFF, Justice,
concurring.
First, I must confess that I am predisposed to be against this legislative perk, for reasons completely outside this record. In Bexar County during the 1970s legislative continuances were so common they enjoyed a set price. I sueessfully campaigned (some would say demagogued) against their overuse, contending they were usually unnecessary and often contrary to justice. Having examined many, I have yet to find a necessary request for a legislature continuance. Yet the Legislature, evidently believing their lawyer/members will confront troublesome jurists, provides this mandatory benefit of office and we are left with the due process exception. Since the stated objective in this record are that the opposing “attorney will have spent countless hours and money preparing for this trial and wherein Mr. Bazan has asked to be excused from work ...” we do not have a due process situation. Through I am most reluctant to interfere with this trial court’s evident diligence in managing his docket, on this uncompelling record I must concur.