Thomas v. State

Appellant filed his petition for the writ of error coram nobis in the Circuit Court of Russell County on February 18, 1971. The writ was dismissed after hearing by the court on March 30, 1971, from which order the appellant has appealed.

On the hearing in the circuit court, the appellant was represented by an attorney whom he employed, but on appeal he is declared indigent and represented by court appointed counsel and transcript of the full record furnished as required by order of the court.

The gravamen of the petition is that appellant in the proceedings leading to his conviction was…