Riggs v. State

This is an appeal by the appellant, Hiram Riggs, from a judgment denying a writ of error coram nobis. The State of Indiana did not file any answer or pleading to appellant’s position. The appellant claims that his constitutional rights were violated upon a conviction of a criminal offense of rape by virtue of the fact that he was not represented by competent counsel, and was denied a public trial by jury on the merits and that the state’s evidence was insufficient to warrant his conviction.

A writ of error coram nobis is in the nature of an attack upon a judgment of conviction, valid on its…