Canan v. State

This is an appeal from a proceeding for a writ of error coram nobis to set aside a judgment of conviction of first degree burglary entered against the appellant on the 23rd day of September, 1959. The appellant, in brief, claims that he was not adequately represented at the time he entered a plea of guilty. He alleges and testifies in substance that the court appointed one David P. Varble, Jr. as his attorney and that he spent approximately ten minutes in consultation with him and advised the appellant to change his plea from not guilty to guilty; that the attorney refused and neglected to…