Edwards v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAppellant entered a negotiated plea of guilty to multiple felony offenses. Four years later, Appellant filed a pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis, alleging that he was not afforded effective assistance of counsel in the plea proceeding and that the trial court did not follow proper procedure when the guilty plea was entered. The trial court denied the petition. The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant's appeal and declared his motion for extension of time to file his brief-in-chief moot, holding (1) Appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim was not within the purview of a coram-nobis proceeding; and (2) Appellant's argument regarding the trial court's procedure could have been raised at the time the plea was entered, and Appellant's claim that his plea was coerced did not demonstrate that a writ of error coram nobis should issue.
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