People v. Savin

This is an appeal by the People from an order of the trial court granting a writ of error coram nobis, vacating the judgment pronounced on defendant and permitting him to withdraw his plea of guilty to the charge of burglary.

The evidence submitted on the hearing of the petition consisted of three affidavits and two letters. No evidence was offered by the People and the affidavits stand uncontradicted. A portion of this evidence related to the mental inebmpetency of defendant with which we need not concern ourselves here other than to remark that it would tend to support a plea of not guilty…