Kelvin D. Beard v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,__________________ October 18, 2012 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A13A0284. KELVIN D. BEARD v. THE STATE. In 1998, Kelvin Beard pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana. In 2011, he filed a “Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis,” arguing that his guilty plea was invalid because he had entered it without an understanding of the elements of the offense. On March 23, 2012, the trial court entered an order dismissing the petition. Beard then filed a “Petition to Resubmit Writ of Error Coram Nobis,”…