Perkins v. State

MERRILL, Justice.

Appellant filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. The court granted the State’s motion to dismiss and this appeal followed. We think the trial court erred in dismissing the petition without a hearing.

The petition shows that it was not drawn by one learned in the law, but the Attorney General concedes in brief that it raises four points: (1) that petitioner was not carried before a magistrate promptly upon arrest; (2) that he did not have an attorney at ar*140raignment; (3) that he was not adequately-defended by appointed counsel;…