Scott v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's fifth pro se petition requesting permission to proceed with a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the trial court, holding that Petitioner did not satisfy any ground for granting the writ and failed to offer facts sufficient to warrant granting leave to proceed in the trial court for the writ.
Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In his petition, Petitioner requested permission to reinvest jurisdiction in the circuit court to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis on the grounds of prosecutorial misconduct. The Supreme Court denied the writ, holding that Petitioner's arguments in support of the writ were without merit and that Petitioner failed to demonstrate prejudice.
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