Thomas v. State

The appellant, Wallace Norrell Thomas, appeals the trial court's denial of his petition for writ of error coram nobis wherein he contests the validity of his 1982 conviction for capital murder, pursuant to prosecution under § 13-11-2(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975, and his resulting sentence of death by electrocution.

The offense for which Thomas was eventually convicted was committed on December 20, 1976. In 1977, Thomas was first tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, this conviction and death sentence were reversed, and the cause was remanded for a new trial, pursuant to Beck v.…