Clark v. State

ON RETURN TO REMAND

This Court issued the writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals in order to clarify the procedural posture of this case. The Court of Criminal Appeals answered this Court's questions, writing in an opinion of February 24, 1989, "this case [referring to Clark v. State, 551 So.2d 1081 (Ala.Crim.App. 1986)] addressed both the appellant's appeal from judgment of conviction and his appeal from the trial court's denial of his petition for writ of error coram nobis." Following the return to our remand order, we now consider the merits of the petition.

The issue is whether…