Barton v. State

On this appeal we are concerned with the trial judge’s order denying Appellant Barton’s motion to vacate and set aside judgment and sentence. The contents of said motion are significant for it is the allegations contained therein that the trial judge considered. Omitting the heading, the subject motion is as follows:

“Comes now the Defendants Maurice Nelson and William Barton in our own proper self and person, and we pray for the indulgence of this Honorable Court. We the Defendants feel that under the rare circumstances involved herein, that We are entitled to relief under Criminal Procedure…