STATE v. HEIMERMANN

No. 95-3259.

205 Wis.2d 376 (1996)

556 N.W.2d 756

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Scott A. HEIMERMANN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Scott A. Heimermann, pro se.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Michael R. Klos, assistant attorney general.

Before Anderson, P.J., Brown and Nettesheim, JJ.


BROWN, J.

This case involves the writ of error coram nobis, which is a tool that enables a trial court to remove erroneous facts from the record and correct its judgment. Below we detail exactly how and when this writ may be used.

The context of our discussion is Scott A. Heimermann's claim that the trial court erred when it declined to issue this writ. Although Heimermann was discharged from probation in 1987, eight years later he filed a petition...

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