Longmire v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

On June 11, 1979, the appellant was convicted of robbery and sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment. He failed to appeal his conviction, but on April 6, 1981, filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis contending that he was denied his right to appeal. His petition cited as authority Daniels v. Alabama, 487 F.2d 887 (5th Cir.1973), asking “that the court discharge petitioner, grant him a new trial, or grant him an appeal.”

On May 5, 1981, by agreement of the prosecution and the defense, the trial court purported to grant Longmire an appeal to this court. On May 20, 1981,…