Nelson v. State (Majority, with Dissenting)
Annotate this CaseIn 1972, Appellant pled guilty to murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2012, Appellant filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis, asserting that his guilty plea was not voluntarily entered because it was the product of coercion and because his counsel had operated under a conflict of interest at the time the plea was entered. The circuit court denied Appellant’s petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant’s claims were actually predicated on allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel, and his allegations were not cognizable in a proceeding for error coram nobis.
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