Stoner v. State

SWOFFORD, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of appellant’s motion for a Writ of Error Coram Nobis seeking to set aside a conviction, upon a guilty plea, and a sentence imposed in the circuit court of Cass County, Missouri in 1960. Appellant was there charged with the statutory offense of stealing over $50.00. The specific charge was that he had stolen some 30 firearms (rifles and shotguns) valued in excess of $1,800.00 from the owner thereof, T. E. Guey of Drexel, Missouri.

Upon his plea of guilty, appellant was sentenced to three years. He served approximately ten months of this…