Davis v. State

Following his conviction on charges of manslaughter, manufacture of a controlled substance (marijuana), abuse of a corpse, and tampering with physical evidence, which resulted from a negotiated plea of nolo contendere, appellant Morris Dean Davis filed a petition in the trial court seeking a writ of error coram nobis. Davis alleged in his petition that he was coerced into entering the plea because he was given misleading information about the manslaughter charge and that he was insane and not competent to enter the plea. After a hearing on the petition, the trial court denied coram nobis…