Petition of Jerald A. Amor

The petitioner herein, an inmate of the Montana State Prison, was convicted by a jury in Lewis and Clark County of the crime of rape on January 28, 1960, the Honorable Victor H. Fall, District Judge, presiding.

His petition is for a writ of error, coram nobis, predicated on sections 94-7813, 94-7814 and 94-7831, R.C.M.1947.

Petitioner fails to recite a single instance where the trial judge ignored these statutes, despite his contention that such was the fact.

Sections 94-7813 and 94-7814, supra, provide that the court may hear testimony upon the oral suggestion of either party, after a plea of…