State Ex Rel. Thompson v. Marsh

Relator, who is in State Prison on sentence by the Marshall Circuit Court, filed a petition asking that we mandate its judge, respondent herein, to hear a petition for writ of error coram nobis filed in that court. Respondent’s verified return answering the petition for mandate discloses that on relator’s application made at the time the petition for writ of error coram nobis was filed, February 1, 1945, the court appointed an attorney to represent relator in said proceeding of which appointment he was advised. As we read the return, which is somewhat ambiguous, relator selected the attorney…