Etheridge v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Wayne Circuit Court denying the petition of the appellant, Clarence Robert Etheridge, for a writ of error coram nobis. The appellant was originally tried in the Wayne Circuit Court on December 29, 1947 and was convicted of the offense of second-degree murder. At the conclusion of that trial a motion for a new trial was filed, alleging among other things, that the pauper attorney appointed by the court to represent the appellant was incompetent and that there was not sufficient time to prepare for a defense in the case before trial. The motion for new…