People v. Burroughs

This is an appeal from an order denying defendant’s petition for a writ of error coram nobis.

On January 28, 1959, after a jury trial, defendant was convicted on three counts of an information charging him with robbery while armed with a deadly weapon. Two prior felony convictions in sister states were found true as alleged in the information. On February 24, 1959, defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied, but the court vacated the jury’s findings that defendant was armed with a deadly weapon and that the second alleged prior felony conviction was true. The court found that defendant was…