Walls v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of coram nobis, holding that none of Petitioner's claims established grounds for the writ.
Petitioner pleaded guilty to four counts of rape and nolo contendere to one count of rape. On appeal, Petitioner argued that the trial judge was biased at his resentencing hearing and should have recused himself or, alternatively, that the trial court should have permitted him to withdraw his guilty and nolo contendere pleas. The Supreme Court affirmed. In his coram nobis petition, Petitioner sought relief both for the alleged coercion of his pleas and for the trial judge's failure to recuse himself. The Supreme Court denied relief, holding that Petitioner's claims did not entitle him to coram nobis relief.
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