Echols v. State

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment denying a petition for writ of error coram nobis after a hearing in the Circuit Court of Washington County.

Petitioner was indicted for murder in the first degree, found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to thirty years in the penitentiary on May 13, 1958.

On May 6, 1963, petitioner filed his petition for writ of error coram nobis alleging the following grounds:

1. He had discovered vital new evidence that would have changed the jury’s verdict.

2. False and perjured testimony was used by the State to convict him.

3. That the State…