Allison v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of error coram nobis after hearing. Appellant, Cannon P. Allison, was indicted for the offense of rape in the first degree, a Class A felony, § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975. The indictment was subsequently amended by agreement in open court so as to charge appellant with the offense of sexual abuse in the first degree, a Class C felony, § 13A-6-66. Appellant then pleaded guilty to the amended charge, and was sentenced on November 7, 1983, as a habitual offender, to serve fifteen years in the penitentiary.

Appellant contends that the…