15 §1202. Postponement or continuance

Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL

Part 3: TRIALS

Chapter 201: GENERAL PROVISIONS

§1202. Postponement or continuance

The trial of any criminal case, except for a crime punishable by imprisonment for life, may be postponed by the court to a future day of the same term, or the jury may be discharged therefrom and the case continued, if justice will thereby be promoted.