Court Opinion

ID: 6527230
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-19 19:22:08.29671+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:55:14.749896
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This record reveals convictions on pleas of guilt before indictment. Constitution 1901, Amendment 37. *Page 708 
On coram nobis the appellant did not aver or prove that he had a valid defense or that he was innocent of the original charges.
A majority of the court considers that the judgment below must under Culombe v. Connecticut, 367 U.S. 568,81 S.Ct. 1860, 6 L.Ed.2d 1037 (147 Conn. 194, 158 A.2d 239), and Lynumn v. State of Illinois, 372 U.S. 528, 83 S.Ct. 917,9 L.Ed.2d 922 (21 Ill.2d 63, 171 N.E.2d 17), be
Reversed.
JOHNSON, J., dissents only because of appellant's failure to plead and prove a valid defense. Ex parte Taylor,249 Ala. 667, 32 So.2d 659.