Arnold v. State

This is an appeal by petitioner-appellant, George L. Arnold, from an order of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis entered on September 27, 1976 denying, without an evidentiary hearing, his petition for writ of error coram nobis. For reasons hereinafter stated, we affirm the order of the circuit court denying his petition.

On February 4, 1953, some 23 years ago, movant, George L. Arnold, pleaded guilty in the City of St. Louis to the offense of assault with intent to rob. 1 Some 12 years later, in 1965, he was charged, tried and convicted for the offense of “unlawfully and by means of…