Peterson v. State

Appellant was charged by indictment in Allen County, Indiana, with the offense of robbery. A trial by jury was held on June 3, 1958, and a verdict of guilty as charged was rendered. He was sentenced to be imprisoned in the Indiana State Prison for an indeterminate term of not less than ten or more than twenty-five years.

On October 28, 1960, appellant filed a petition for a writ of coram nobis in the Allen Circuit Court. In this, he alleges grounds which are usually included in a motion for new trial, such as that there were multiple errors of law and fact in the record of the trial, that…