Order unanimously reversed and matter remitted to Erie County Court for a hearing.
Memorandum:
Defendant was convicted of robbery, second degree, in March, 1955, upon his plea of guilty. He now seeks coram nobis relief and alleges that his plea was induced by coercion and duress in that his wife was arrested and both she and appellant were threatened that she would be imprisoned unless defendant entered a guilty plea. Acting on these threats, it is...
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