Blauvelt v. State

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellant petitioned the circuit court of Sumter County for a writ of error coram nobis to set aside a judgment of that court rendered on April 10, 1959, adjudging him guilty of murder in the second degree and sentencing him to imprisonment for 40 years. After an oral hearing on the petition, the circuit court rendered a judgment denying the petition. This appeal is from that judgment. See: Ex parte Wilson, 275 Ala. 439, 440(2), 155 So.2d 611; Ex parte Keene, 275 Ala. 197, 153 So.2d 631.

The coram nobis petition, as originally filed, was based on three grounds, viz.:

“1. For…