Howard v. State

LAWSON, Justice.

Appellant, on April 26, 1966, petitioned the Circuit Court of Russell County for a writ of error coram nobis to set aside a judgment of that court rendered on April 23, 1956, adjudging him guilty of murder in the second degree and sentencing him to imprisonment for ninety-nine years. After an oral hearing on the petition, the Circuit Court rendered a judgment denying the petition. This appeal is from that judgment. See Crawford v. State, 279 Ala. 559, 188 So.2d 520, and cases cited.

Court-appointed counsel represented appellant at the coram nobis hearing in the circuit court.…