Hamm v. Mansfield

BIRD, Judge.

In 1956, the appellant, Charles Leroy Hamm, was convicted of storehouse breaking, under KRS 433.190 and, under the Habitual Criminal Act, KRS 431.190 was sentenced to life imprisonment. In that action he filed motion and grounds for new trial which were overruled. He appealed to this Court and the judgment was affirmed. Hamm v. Commonwealth, Ky., 300 S.W.2d 562.

On October 9, 1957, he filed a “Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis”. The trial court properly treated the petition as one for relief under CR 60.02, the writ of coram nobis having been abolished. Harris v. Commonwealth,…