People v. McAllister

This is a motion for a writ of error coram nobis. The defendant, Joseph E. McAllister, alias John McAllister, alias Joseph Fitzgerald, alias John Reinan, was sentenced by this court, as a fourth offender, to State prison for a term of his natural life on January 15, 1920, at the age of twenty-three. This motion is predicated upon an attack against his third felony conviction and the sentence of this court on August 12, 1918, it being charged that the defendant was without counsel and was not advised of his right to such counsel on either the arraignment, plea or sentence.

It is undisputed that…