Peterson v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of error coram nobis.

Petitioner's appellate counsel represented petitioner at trial and was retained to represent him on appeal of his 1980 conviction for burglary in the second degree. Counsel fully admits that his failure to timely perfect that appeal resulted in a dismissal of the appeal and denied petitioner the effective assistance of counsel and due process of law under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Generally, see Annot., 15 A.L.R. 4th 582, Section 18 (b) (1982).

The Attorney General argues…