Fox v. State

On March 22,1990, the appellant Frank Fox pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree. Seventeen months later in 1991, he filed a pro se “petition for writ of error coram nobis and/or petition for post-conviction proceedings.” In the petition he invoked Criminal Procedure Rule 26 and Criminal Procedure Rule 37. The trial court denied the petition, and the record has been lodged here on appeal. Appellant now seeks appointment of counsel to represent him.

When appellant entered his plea of guilty in 1990, Criminal Procedure Rule 37 was not in effect. See In The Matter Of The Abolishment Of Rule…