State v. Green

The writ of error coram, nobis is an established common law writ available under our procedure to challenge the validity of a conviction by reason of matters extraneous to the record. In Re Taylor, 230 N.C. 566, 53 S.E. 2d 857 (1949). It has been supplanted by G.S. 15-217, et seq., with reference to “any person imprisoned.” Otherwise the writ remains as at common law and is available under our procedure. Its availability in this State stems from G.S. 4-1 which adopts the common law as the law of this State (with exceptions not pertinent here), and authority for the writ stems from Article IV,…