Dixon v. State

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

James Douglas Dixon was indicted and convicted for sale of a controlled substance. On direct appeal, that conviction was affirmed. State v. Dixon, 546 S.W.2d 774 (Mo.App.1977). Then on November 24, 1978, he filed a motion under Rule 27.26. In the course of that proceeding he stated that he had been “released” from confinement, and because of that statement the trial court treated the application as one for coram nobis. As such, relief was denied.

Dixon then appealed from that denial. This court reversed and remanded the case for a clarifying finding as to whether the…