EDWARDS v. STATE

No. 21834.

633 N.W.2d 623 (2001)

2001 SD 117

Vernon EDWARDS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. STATE of South Dakota, Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra M. Voigt of Galland Legal Clinic, Sioux Falls, SD, Attorneys for petitioner and appellant.

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Grant Gormley, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, SD, Attorneys for respondent and appellee.


PER CURIAM.

[¶ 1.] Vernon Edwards, who is serving a 24-year sentence for first-degree arson, appeals the denial of his application for a writ of error coram nobis. Because the record indicates that Edwards has a pending writ of habeas corpus action, we dismiss this appeal without prejudice until that action is completed.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶ 2.] Edwards was tried April 17-19, 1996. Judge William J. Srstka presided and failed to read certain...

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