AKINS v. STATE

5 Div. 173.

277 So.2d 369 (1973)

Jimmy Ray AKINS, alias v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

May 1, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. Walton, Jr., J. A. Hines, LaFayette, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and David W. Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


HARRIS, Judge.

This is a coram nobis proceeding seeking to overturn a conviction of assault with intent to murder and a sentence to the penitentiary for a term of twenty (20) years. The original conviction was appealed and affirmed. Akins v. State, 46 Ala.App. 401, 243 So.2d 385.

Petitioner's main contention in this proceeding is that he was without the effective assistance of counsel in the trial of his case. The order...

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