Motion to Continue Hearing

Unless otherwise indicated, all indented material is copied directly from the court’s opinion.

Decisions of the Tennessee Supreme Court

Decisions of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals

Frelix v. State of Tennessee,  No. M2020-01653-CCA-R3-PC (Tenn. Ct. Cr. App. Feb. 8, 2022).

We review a court’s denial of a motion to continue for abuse of discretion. See State v. Willis, 496 S.W.3d 653, 744 (Tenn. 2016). In order to obtain relief, a Defendant must show that he was prejudiced from the denial of a continuance. Id.