People v. Romeo

This is an appeal from an order denying an application in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis seeking a vacatur of a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree, entered on May 6, 1946, sentencing the defendant to a term of life imprisonment.

At the trial of the defendant on the charge of murder in the first degree, the principal prosecution witness was one Gramando. After implicating the defendant, Gramando was asked upon cross-examination whether he had received any promise from the District Attorney as inducement for his testimony. To this Gramando replied in effect that…