Kemp v. State (Majority, with Concurring)
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The Supreme Court denied Defendant's request for a writ of error coram nobis, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief.
Defendant was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of four people. Defendant later filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to reinvest jurisdiction int he circuit court so that he may pursue a writ of error coram nobis. In his petition, he argued that the prosecution withheld material evidence that would have prevented his convictions by bolstering his assertion of self-defense. The Supreme Court denied the writ, holding that Defendant's proposed attack on the judgment was without merit.
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