Jackson v. State

Otis Jackson was convicted of robbery in the third degree and was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. Jackson filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis, which the trial court denied. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the judgment. 537 So.2d 73. This Court granted a writ of certiorari.

Jackson filed for the writ on September 26, 1986. On December 5, 1986, Wilcox County Circuit Judge Anne McKelvey Wright held a hearing on Jackson’s petition. At this hearing, Dorothy Thompson, the victim of the robbery for which Jackson was convicted, testified. Thompson testified that she was robbed…