State v. Rathie

Sep 20, 1921
Reporters:
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Before:
McBride
McBRIDE, J.

1,2. A writ of error coram nobis is defined as follows:

“It is a writ of error issued out ‍​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‍of a court of competent jurisdiction, directed to the judges of a court of record in which final judgment has been given, and commanding them, in some cases, themselves to ‍​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‍examine the record, in others to send it to another court of appellate jurisdiction, therein named, to be examined, in order that some alleged error in the proceedings may be ‍​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‍corrected.” 2 Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, 1248.

By Section 1603, Or. L. (Olson’s Comp.), all writs of error and of certiorari are abolished in criminal cases. Said section is as follows:

“Writs of error and ‍​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‍of certiorari in criminal actions are abolished, and hereafter the only mode of reviewing a judgment or order in a criminal action is that prescribed by this chapter.”

This section is plainly fatal ‍​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‍to appellants’ contention here, and the order of the Circuit Court is therefore affirmed. Affirmed.