Falkner v. State

In 1981, Milton Dale Falkner was indicted and convicted for rape in the first degree. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment without parole. This appeal is from the denial of a petition for writ of error coram nobis.

I

On appeal, Falkner, through counsel, admits that there was no testimony or evidence to show that the State knowingly used false testimony. That ground of the petition was properly denied. Summers v. State, 366 So.2d 336, 342 (Ala.Cr.App. 1978), cert. denied, Ex parte Summers, 366 So.2d 346 (Ala. 1979).

II

Falkner alleges that trial "counsel was ineffective for…