Coleman v. State

CaeletoN Haeeis, Chief Justice.

This is a case initiated under the provisions of our Criminal Procedure Rule No. 1, wherein petitioner (appellant), Thomas Lin-ville Coleman, seeks to vacate a sentence imposed by the Poinsett County Circuit Court on March 13, 1964, Coleman being sentenced to a term of 18 years in the penitentiary, following a jury verdict, which found him guilty of murder in the second degree. In his motion, Coleman asserts that his constitutional rights were violated in several respects, all of which will be subsequently discussed. The Poinsett County Circuit Court appointed…