Ridgeway v. State

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

The present case is a sequel to Ridgeway v. Catlett, 238 Ark. 323, 379 S. W. 2d 277. That case was decided on June 1, 1964; and in it we said that since Ridgeway had been convicted of the crime of embezzling public funds, no executive pardon could restore to him eligibility to hold public office (Art. 5, § 9 of the Arkansas Constitution). As a direct result of that holding, Ridgeway filed, on July 16,1964, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Arkansas, his pleading entitled, “Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis,” in which he sought to expunge from the…