Brown v. State

FOSTER, Justice.

The 'Court of Appeals reversed a judgment of the circuit court dismissing a petition for a writ of error coram nobis. The State brought certiorari, which we granted because of the importance of the question of whether the circuit court had jurisdiction to grant such a writ pending an appeal in the main case, which was then under submission.

The opinion of the Court of Appeals states that on the appeal from the judgment of conviction, it was affirmed in the appellate court May 8, 1945, but on May 21, 1945, the judgment of affirmance was set aside, and the cause restored to the…