People v. O'Connor

On October 3, 1949, defendant John O’Con-nor, alias John Nelson, was charged with forging a check on September 4, 1947, in Imperial County, and entered a plea of guilty. When arraigned, the public defender was appointed to represent him. After a hearing on a presentence report of the probation officer, defendant, on October 4, 1949, was committed to the state’s prison. No motion for new trial was made and no appeal was taken from the judgment. On March 3, 1952, more than two years later, defendant, in propria persona, filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the Superior Court of…