Supreme Court of Alabama July 1, 1983, 82-436 (Ex Parte McDonald)

Certiorari was granted to resolve an apparent conflict between the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals in this case and the opinion of this Court in Ex Parte Vaughn,395 So.2d 95 (Ala. 1979), pertaining to the review of a petition for a writ of error coram nobis. The facts of this case are fully stated in the opinion of the court below.