Ex Parte Sturdivant

The petitioner, Earnest James Sturdivant, was convicted of the charge of second degree robbery in the Circuit Court of Dallas County, Alabama, on May 5, 1982. He filed a petition for a writ of error coram nobis on May 17, 1983, alleging that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel due to the failure of his court-appointed attorney to file a timely notice of appeal. The trial court denied that petition. Sturdivant appealed that denial to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on September 29, 1983, and that court affirmed the trial court's judgment, without opinion. 443 So.2d 69.…