State v. Scott

PAUL E. CARVER, Special Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying Henry John Scott an evidentiary hearing on his application for a writ of error cor-am nobis.

Petitioner-appellant, to whom we shall refer hereafter as movant, on January 7, 1972, filed in the office of the Circuit Court of Phelps County a motion styled “Application for Writ of Error Coram Nobis.” Accompanying this motion was a sworn statement of fact and a brief.

Movant, having been found guilty of the charge of burglary in the second degree, was assessed a sentence of five years under the Second Offender Act. At his…