McClanahan v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment for the State, entered on the refusal of the appellant to amend his petition for writ of error coram nobis after a demurrer by the State had been sustained. An appeal had been taken from the judgment on the verdict finding appellant guilty of the second offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and in McClanahan v. State (1953), 232 Ind. 567, 112 N. E. 2d 575, we affirmed the judgment.

The verified petition for the writ charged in substance that while the jury was deliberating, on the verdict the foreman left the…