Hawk v. State

This is a proceeding in error coram nobis begun in the district court for Douglas County to vacate a judgment of conviction of Henry Hawk, and to secure for him a retrial. The district court denied the writ. From the order of denial and the overruling of the- motion for new trial, this proceeding in error was instituted.

The principal assignments of error relied upon by the petitioner are: (1) The court erred in failing to find *719that the petitioner was, when originally tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, denied his constitutional right to be represented by competent counsel; (2)…