Moss v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

After being charged with murder, Lawrence C. Moss pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Moss, pro se, subsequently filed a motion for writ of error coram nobis, in which he challenged the validity of his plea. The trial court dismissed the motion, and Moss filed this pro se appeal. For reasons that follow, we reverse.

The record shows that Moss entered his plea in 1983, and the Superior Court of DeKalb County sentenced him to serve three years in prison and two years on probation. In 2001, approximately 13 years after his sentence expired, Moss filed the instant motion for…