Lewis v. State

TERRELL, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for murder in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate a robbery; he entered a plea of guilty and was tried by the court without a jury. He was on January 18, 1954, convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. No appeal was prosecuted from the conviction. October 4, 1954, petition for writ of error coram nobis was filed in Circuit Court of Dade County seeking to review and set aside the final judgment of conviction, permit petitioner to enter a plea of not guilty and to try the issues presented…