Parent v. State

The sole issue presented is whether the trial court abused its discretion 3 in denying the writ of coram nobis.

The attorney general argues that the trial court could not be guilty of an abuse of discretion in this case for the reason that the only basis for Parent’s petition below (intoxication as a mitigating factor in sentencing) is different than the ground urged on this review (intoxication as a complete defense to the crime). However, at the hearing on the petition counsel stated several times that he was proceeding on the basis that Parent’s intoxicated state would negative the intent…