Ray v. State

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

Appellant-petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Shelby County denying his petition for writ of error coram nobis. Appellant, an indigent prisoner in the penitentiary, was indicted in Shelby County for murder, and on arraignment, pled not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. He was convicted by a jury on March 31, 1971, for murder in the second degree and sentenced to ninety-nine years imprisonment.

It further appears that the appellant was an indigent when he was tried in nisi prius and was represented by appointed…