Boatwright v. State

In 1983, Clifford Merrill Boatwright was convicted, in a trial without a jury, for trafficking in marijuana and for possession of marijuana. He was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment and fined $25,000. This court affirmed that conviction in Boatwrightv. State, 438 So.2d 769 (Ala.Cr.App. 1983). In 1984, Boatwright filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis alleging "(1) that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial and on appeal of his conviction for trafficking in marijuana; (2) that his trial counsel had a conflict of interest and (3) that he did not knowingly and…