Hoppins v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of error coram nobis. In Hoppins v. State, 337 So.2d 134 (Ala.Cr.App. 1976), this Court affirmed Hoppins' conviction of robbery.

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Johnson v. Williams, 244 Ala. 391, 395, 13 So.2d 683 (1943), made it perfectly clear that an attack on the jury venire not urged at trial or on appeal could not be raised for the first time on petition for writ of error coram nobis, since petitioner had "waived" any objection to venire by his failure to object. If this were not the rule "no skilled lawyer would ever attempt to raise such question until after…