George v. Commonwealth

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appellant, Steve George, was adjudged guilty of rape and sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment at the June term, 1958, of the Boyd Circuit Court. This is an action by George for an order of cor-■am nobis, or vobis, as it is indiscriminately •called, to set aside that judgment and grant him a new trial. The court denied the order.

Other than some conclusions pleaded, the grounds upon which the relief was sought, supported by affidavits and court records, are as follows : •(1) The appellant had been induced to plead guilty to the indictment upon the promise of the…