McClinton v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CasePetitioner was found guilty of rape and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Counsel for Petitioner timely filed an appeal from that verdict. The appeal remained pending at the time Petitioner filed this pro se petition asking that the Supreme Court reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, alleging, among other claims, that he was entitled to coram-nobis relief because the trial court rather than the jury fixed his punishment, the trial court failed to rule on a number of defense motions, and that he was not afforded a fair trial. The Supreme Court denied the petition, holding that Petitioner was not entitled to coram-nobis relief, as none of the allegations of error was such that it could not have been settled at trial.
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