Blackwell v. State

SHANGLER, Judge.

The appellant brought a petition for writ of error coram nobis to invalidate a criminal conviction. The trial court treated the pleading as a proceeding under Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., and, after hearing, determined that appellant was not entitled to relief under either theory of action.

The appellant had been found guilty of robbery in May of 1961 and sentenced to a term of five years. In that proceeding, he was represented by appointed counsel Hayden. The conviction was not appealed and the term has been served.

Then, in April of 1969, appellant was found guilty by a jury of…