Ex Parte Boatwright

This Court granted certiorari to determine whether the Court of Criminal Appeals, 471 So.2d 1255, was correct in affirming the trial court's denial of an evidentiary hearing to the petitioner on his petition for a writ of error coram nobis. We reverse and remand.

Originally, petitioner was convicted in Etowah County for trafficking in marijuana, sentenced to nine years' penal servitude, and fined $25,000. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction without opinion, and this Court denied certiorari.

Boatwright later petitioned the trial court for a writ of error coram nobis, alleging…