Gregory v. Class

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this appeal, we must decide if the common law writ of coram nobis is available to review issues which were examined or could have been examined in a petitioner’s earlier post-conviction proceedings. After state and federal habeas applications had been resolved against him, petitioner sought a writ of error coram nobis. Largely, he *875alleged the same arguments that had either been adjudicated or could have been adjudicated in earlier proceedings; Because this special writ may only be used to remedy a profound injustice when a petitioner has no other available remedy,…