Rodgers v. State

Tommie Rodgers was convicted in 1975 of second-degree murder. It appears that he gave oral notice of appeal but that his retained counsel never filed an appeal with this court. Because he was, thereby, denied his right to a direct appeal, the appellant sought relief through a petition for a writ of error coram nobis. The trial court, after an appropriate hearing, agreed that the appellant should be granted an out-of-time appeal but denied his petition on the grounds that it did not have the authority to grant this relief.

For aught that appears in the record, the appellant was denied a direct…