Lewis v. State

Appeal from denial of writ of error coram nobis.

At the October session of the 1975 Jefferson County Grand Jury, appellant was indicted for the stabbing deaths of two hobos. These two murders allegedly arose out of the same transaction. Appellant was tried separately on the two murder charges. He was represented by the same two attorneys at both trials. Different counsel was appointed to represent appellant in coram nobis proceedings and on this appeal.

On the trial of the first case in April 1976, appellant was convicted of second degree murder. He was sentenced to thirty-five years…