Carter v. State

The appellant, Dudley Carter, was indicted, and convicted of arson in the first degree in the Circuit Court, Madison County. He was duly sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years. His conviction was duly appealed to this Court, and affirmed on October 27, 1981, 406 So.2d 1076.

The appellant was represented by counsel of his choice at all proceedings in the trial court, and in this Court.

On January 22, 1982 the appellant filed in the Circuit Court of Madison County a paper styled as a petition for writ of error coram nobis, and or habeas corpus. On February 8, 1982 the Assistant District Attorney…