Sherrill v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Judge.

Alfred Sherrill was convicted in the Warren Circuit Court of the crime of subornation of perjury, ICRS 432.180, and sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary. The judgment was affirmed and the petition for rehearing was overruled by this Court. See Sherrill v. Commonwealth, Ky., 320 S.W.2d 805.

The instant action began as a proceeding in circuit court, denominated a “petition for a writ of coram nobis”, and sought to have the conviction of Sherrill declared void because it is claimed he was never in truth and in fact indicted for the crime above mentioned. Although a…