State v. Brooks

This is an attempted appeal by the defendant from an order of the circuit court denying defendant’s “motion for an order in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis.” The motion was based on newly .discovered evidence and was filed after the statutory time for filing a motion for a new trial had expired. The court denied the relief sought on the ground that “the motion for relief in the nature of a Writ of Error Coram Nobis on the grounds of newly discovered evidence does not lie for the purpose of extending the time within which to file a motion for a new trial based on newly discovered…