People v. Shaver

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court which denied, without a hearing, an application in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis to vacate a judgment of conviction rendered December 4, 1931 upon a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree, the application being grounded on defendant’s affidavit that he was not represented by counsel at the time of his plea or of his sentence and was not advised of his right to such representation; the Special Term decision basing its denial of the application on court records and papers as follows: An order of October 19, 1931, an affidavit of…