People v. Young

On March 26, 1947, after trial before the court without a jury defendant was found guilty of grand theft from the person. Defendant thereupon waived time for *602sentence, and no legal cause appearing why judgment should not be pronounced, the court pronounced judgment and sentenced defendant to be confined in the state prison for the term prescribed by law. Defendant did not make a motion for a new trial nor did he appeal from the judgment which became final. On February 3, 1948, defendant filed in the superior court a petition for a writ of error coram nobis. On February 11, 1948, the trial…