Goolsby v. State

Dalton Ray Goolsby was convicted in June of 1975 on a charge of keeping false books on accounts. His appeal from that conviction was dismissed by this court in March of 1977 because the record on appeal was not timely filed. Goolsby v. State,344 So.2d 224 (1977).

In August of 1977 Goolsby filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis praying that the Circuit Court of Montgomery County would grant him "the right to perfect his appeal to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals".

On October 12, 1977, the circuit court ordered the record of Goolsby's trial proceedings transcribed and made the…