McNalley v. State

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ON REHEARING

This court's opinion of February 12, 1985, is withdrawn and the following is substituted as the opinion of this court.

Appellant, Melvin K. McNalley, pleaded guilty to the September 18, 1980, murder of his wife, Carolyn Vest McNalley, and was sentenced to life imprisonment on November 25, 1980. No appeal was taken. Subsequently on March 23, 1983, appellant filed a pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis in the Circuit Court of Morgan County,…