Carroll v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's motion for leave to file a petition for writ of error cram knobs, holding that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in declining to issue the writ.
Appellant pled guilty to rape and was sentenced as a habitual offender to 720 months' imprisonment. In his coram nobis petition, Appellant alleged several grounds for relief, including claims of actual innocence, an invalid arrest warrant, a coerced guilty plea, and prosecutorial misconduct. The circuit court denied the motion. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant did not demonstrate that that the writ should issue and failed diligently to proceed on his claim for coram nobis relief.
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