Vintson v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of error coram nobis in which the petitioner alleged that the indictment was defective and that his counsel was ineffective.

The present petition was filed on December 17, 1984. That petition alleges that a coram nobis petition had previously been filed on November 3, 1983, and subsequently denied. That denial was affirmed by this Court, without opinion, in Vintsonv. State, 447 So.2d 873, 1984.

Recognizing the "virtual flood of post-conviction claims made by prisoners in both state and federal proceedings," Ex parteBoatwright, 471 So.2d…