Houston v. State

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

This appeal originates from a judgment rendered at nisi prius wherein appellant’s petition for a writ of error coram nobis was denied.

It appears in the petition that appellant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree on her plea of not guilty and punishment fixed at life imprisonment. A motion for a new trial was duly presented and denied.

*409Defendant, within the time provided by law, appealed from the judgment of conviction. The appeal not only presented the trial proceedings but also the motion for a new trial and the evidence…