Winstead v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

This Court affirmed the petitioner’s 1973 convictions for assault with intent to murder and his two convictions for murder. Winstead v. State, 53 Ala.App. 222, 298 So.2d 642, cert. denied, 292 Ala. 761, 298 So.2d 646 (1974). A petition for writ of error coram nobis was summarily denied by the circuit court in 1977. In December of 1988, the petitioner, with the assistance of counsel, filed a “petition for writs of error coram nobis, habeas corpus and other relief.” That petition was denied in March of 1989 after an evidentiary hearing. This appeal is from that denial.

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