Peaden v. State

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment denying an application for a writ of error coram nobis after hearing.

The defendant was tried and convicted of the offense of first degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary on September 22, 1956. No motion for a ne.w trial was made and there was no appeal to this court.

The petition for writ of error coram nobis was filed in November, 1962, and the solicitor filed a motion to dismiss. The cause was heard in December, 1962, and the application was denied.

Petitioner asserts as error that he was denied adequate…