White v. State

Petitioner, Archie A. White, was convicted of incest on January 28,1957, in the Harrison Circuit Court, Harrison County, Indiana. Petitioner was represented by counsel at the trial. He was sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for a term of two to twenty-one years. His attorney did not take steps to file an appeal from this conviction. Subsequently, petitioner filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the Harrison Circuit Court, which denied the petition. He attempted to file an appeal from this decision to the Indiana Supreme Court, which denied him relief on the ground that he…