Robinson v. State

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, Bessemer Division, from a judgment denying the petition of Bill Robinson, alias Bill Roberson, alias Phil Roberson, for a writ of error coram nobis.

The appellant, Bill Robinson, alias, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Jefferson County, Alabama, on August 2, 1939, for the offense of murder in the first degree. On August 29, 1939, appellant was arraigned in open court, represented by counsel of his own choosing, and entered a “plea of not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of self-defense.” ’

During the…