Behel v. State

This appeal is from a denial of a petition for writ of error coram nobis seeking to overturn appellant's 1978 conviction of burglary in the first degree and a forty-year sentence in the penitentiary. A full-blown hearing was had and much testimony was taken. Appellant's major contention is that he was denied adequate and effective assistance of counsel.

His original conviction was affirmed by this court on October 30, 1979, Behel v. State, Ala.Cr.App., 390 So.2d 662, certiorari denied, Ala., 390 So.2d 671.

Appellant contends that his retained counsel impeded his presence at trial when the…