State Ex Rel. Emmert v. Hamilton Circuit Court

Pee Cueiam.

In the court where he was tried and convicted of murder 20 years ago, David C. Stephenson asserts by a pleading, denominated a petition for writ of error coram nobis, that he should now have another trial. Relators are aware of the difficulties of marshalling in 1945 evidence to prove facts that existed and were susceptible of proof in 1925. They fear the possibility of an erroneous ruling by respondent court resulting in the unwarranted release of a guilty convict. Alleging that the State has no other adequate protection against misuse of the writ of error coram nobis, relators…