Grady v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of five counts of rape and his sentence to five concurrent terms of life imprisonment, holding that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion by denying Defendant's motion for a continuance.
After a trial, Defendant was convicted of raping his minor stepson and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, Defendant argued that the circuit court abused its discretion by denying a continuance to investigate a supplemental DNA report allegedly provided to the defense the Friday before trial. The Supreme Court rejected the argument and affirmed, holding that Defendant never requested a continuance to obtain an expert to perform DNA testing and that Defendant's argument was not preserved for appellate review.
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