CHAVERST v. STATE

6 Div. 486.

517 So.2d 643 (1987)

Melvin CHAVERST, Jr. v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

November 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Chaverst, Jr., pro se.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and James B. Prude, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


McMILLAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis. The appellant alleges therein that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to interview two witnesses whose names were given to him by the appellant. He further states that his counsel failed to appeal his conviction to this Court even after the appellant expressed his desire to appeal.

The State did not respond to the allegations...

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