State of West Virginia v. Orville M. Hutton

DAVIS, Justice:

This is an appeal by Orville M. Hutton from an order of the Circuit Court of Harrison County that denied his petition for a writ of error- coram nobis. Mr. Hutton sought the writ in order to have his guilty plea conviction for unlawful assault vacated on the grounds of ineffective assistance, of counsel. ' Mr. Hutton alleged that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to inform him that his guilty plea could result in his being deported. The circuit court denied the writ based 'upon the following grounds: (1) the Legislature’s repeal of the coram nobis motion statute…