Shadle v. State

HARWOOD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in a coram nobis proceedings.

The appellant is now imprisoned in the penitentiary serving a life sentence, having been adjudged guilty of rape. The victim was twelve years of age. On appeal the judgment was affirmed by this court. See Shadle v. State, 280 Ala. 379, 194 So.2d 538.

On 7 March 1967, Shadle filed in the Circuit Court of Mobile County a petition for a Writ of Error Coram Nobis. The only ground asserted in support of his petition was that he was not represented by counsel at the time of his arraignment.

The state filed a…