Troglin v. State

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Appellant filed a petition pro se for a writ of error coram nobis seeking to set aside a felony plea of guilty entered in October 1952. The trial court examined its 1952 records and decided, without granting a formal hearing, that the petition had no merit. The single error advanced on appeal is that the trial court should have granted a hearing on the petition.

In his petition and supporting documents appellant contended (1) that the docket sheet was in error in reciting that he waived counsel; (2) that if the docket sheet is correct, he never voluntarily and knowingly…