People v. Simpson

Appeal by defendant from an order of the County Court of Chemung County which denied, after a hearing, a motion in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis to vacate a judgment of conviction of robbery in the second degree rendered in that court on December 30, 1947. At the hearing on his petition, the defendant was represented by counsel and testified that when arraigned before the then County Judge he pleaded guilty and that the Judge then told him he was entitled to counsel “but he didn’t tell me how I was to get that counsel.” Defendant testified, further, that on the occasions of two…