Summary
In Ex Parte Robert E. Roberson, 43 Ala. App. 354, 190 So.2d 566, the Court of Appeals held that a petition for coram nobis was properly dismissed where petitioner still had time to take a direct appeal.
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2 Div. 147.
September 27, 1966.
Robert E. Roberson, pro se.
Richmond M. Flowers, Atty. Gen., and Jas. H. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
This is an original action for mandamus.
Petitioner sought post conviction review while he still had time to take a direct appeal. The circuit court correctly dismissed his petition for coram nobis.
Mandamus is not a substitute for an appeal.
The petition on its face requires that it be and, on motion of the Attorney General, it is hereby
Dismissed.