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187 So. 2d 327

Fondren v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 6, 1966

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1966-06-06

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently September 1983

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Decided 1966-06-06

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JONES, Justice.

¶1We have carefully reviewed appellant’s application for leave to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis, the petition with supporting affidavits, together with an application for stay of execution of sentence, and the release of the appellant on bond until final disposition of his case.

¶2We find that the appellant’s application; and affidavits recite sufficient requisite facts in compliance with the provisions of Mississippi Code Annotated section 1992.5 (1956), and related statutes, to justify and require the granting of the application for an order permitting the filing of a petition *328for a writ of error coram nobis in the above styled and numbered cause.

¶3It is therefore ordered that the appellant be and he is hereby permitted to file a petition for a writ of error coram nobis in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County, Mississippi. When said writ has been duly filed in the Circuit Court of said County, then that court or the judge in vacation may also consider any application for stay of execution of sentence, and the release of the petitioner on bond.

¶4Application for leave to file in trial court petition for writ of error coram nobis sustained.

All Justices concur, except ETHRIDGE, C. J., who took no part.
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