Jones v. State

ON PETITION FOR APPEAL

David Jones has filed his pro se petition for an appeal and in support thereof alleges that on March 16, 1976, that he was tried in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Mississippi, found guilty of murder, and sentenced to life in the state penitentiary. He admits that no appeal was taken therefrom within the time prescribed by law. However, he alleges that on June 28, 1976, he filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the Circuit Court of Madison County, charging that his attorney's actions effectively deprived him of his right to appeal. That petition was…