Pike v. State

A writ of error was taken to a judgment denying to the plaintiff in error a writ of error coram nobis.

J. C. Pike was convicted of the murder of Levi Nathan Allen in Lake County, Florida. The murder was alleged to have occurred on the 6th day of July, 1929. The conviction occurred in January, 1930. A writ of error was taken to the judgment which this Court affirmed. See Pike v. State, 101 Fla. 163, 134 South. Rep. 54.

Pike’s defense was an alibi, which this Court, as well as the trial court, thought was not satisfactorily established. He was indicted jointly with Hiram Wesley Preseott. In one…