Box v. State

241 So.2d 158 (1970)

Jerry Dale BOX

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46012.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 9, 1970.

Claude A. Chamberlin, Aberdeen, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Velia Ann Mayer, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

INZER, Justice:

This is an appeal by Jerry Dale Box from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Monroe County denying his petition for writ of error coram nobis.

The principal question to be determined in this case is whether the appellant, having been indicted for attempted armed robbery, can be legally punished on a plea of guilty to a charge of…