Harry Nicks v. United States

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from a judgment and order entered March 12, 1991 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Knapp, J.) granting the petition for a writ of error coram nobis of Harry Nicks and vacating his 1974 conviction for armed bank robbery. The present litigation arises from petitioner’s conviction for a brutal murder he committed in the State of Alabama. Petitioner was sentenced to death for that crime, with his prior federal robbery conviction in the Southern District of New York constituting an aggravating factor under…