Ernst v. State

A writ of error coram nobis lies to the court in which the case was tried to correct an error of fact that does not appear of record. It does not lie to correct an error of law. 2 Ruling Case Law, 305. Nor does such a writ issue as a matter of right but as a matter of sound judicial discretion. In.re Ernst, 179 Wis. 646, 192 N. W. 65. And it has been held that the decision of the trial- court in refusing a writ'is not reviewable. Tyler v. Morris, 20 N. C. 487. But such a rule does not obtain in our state. We review discretionary orders and reverse if there has been an abuse of judicial…