Wilson v. State

Sec. 958.07, Stats, (new number), provides that the writ of error cor am nobis may be issued under certain circumstances. It is a writ of long standing. The leading Wisconsin cases concerning it are In re Ernst (1923), 179 Wis. 646, 192 N. W. 65, and State v. Dingman (1941), 239 Wis. 188, 300 N. W. 244. These cases and the texts make it clear that this writ is highly discretionary and the determination of the court to which the application was made will not be reversed unless it very clearly appears that discretion was abused. The writ will not lie if an appeal may be taken to correct the…