Chappell v. State

In 1981, Anthony B. Chappell was indicted and convicted for the attempted murder of Ricky H. White. Sentence was six years' imprisonment. That conviction was affirmed without published opinion by this Court in 1981. 416 So.2d 1115. In 1984, the defendant secured this second review of his conviction when he filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis challenging the effectiveness of his appellate counsel, who had failed to file a brief on the 1981 appeal. See457 So.2d 995 (Ala.Cr.App. 1984). On this present appeal, three issues are presented.

I

The defendant argues that the indictment was…