Bradley v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Judge.'

On January 29, 1958, appellant, William E. Bradley, was convicted of maliciously shooting and wounding Lonnie Dillon, and pursuant to the jury’s verdict he was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment. On March 8, 1961, he filed a petition for a writ of coram nobis asking for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. The trial court refused to grant the writ.

Writs of coram nobis have been expressly abolished, but the object of such a writ can now be sought by motion or by an independent action under CR 60.02. See Hamm v. Mansfield, Ky., 317 S.W.2d 172. It should be…