Burden v. State

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Denial of coram nobis to set aside a conviction of carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of twelve years, the appellant having been sentenced to fifty years. The appellant had pled guilty June 8, 1971.

The judgment below was based on a motion of the State to dismiss. The most cogent ground in that motion appears:

“The records of this Court show that on June 8, 1971, Petitioner appeared in open court with his attorney of record and entered a plea of guilty to Carnal Knowledge and was sentenced to fifty years imprisonment in the Penitentiary. At the time that the…