Commonwealth ex rel. Alexander v. Myers

Forrest, P. J.,

This is a petition by an inmate of the State Correctional Institution, Grater-ford, Pennsylvania, for writ of error coram nobis. The petition is addressed to the court of common pleas. Such petitions should be made to the court which entered the judgment; that is, the court of oyer and terminer or the court of quarter sessions: Commonwealth v. Geisel, 170 Pa. Superior Ct. 636 (1952). However, we have overlooked this error and treated the petition as if made to the court which sentenced the petitioner.

Petitioner alleges that he was induced to proceed to trial “In the absence of…