People v. Keitt

The letter dated December 6, 1961, addressed to this court by the defendant, will be treated as an application for a writ of error coram nobis.

The papers on file indicate that on November 8, 1940 the defendant was indicted of murder in the first degree. On November 14, 1940 he appeared with assigned counsel and pleaded not guilty to the charge. On January 31, 1941 the defendant, with assigned counsel at his side, pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree, before Judge James Gabbett Wallace, and on February 24, 1941 Judge Wallace sentenced the defendant to State prison for a term of not…