Washington v. State

Summary

The court denied Washington’s second petition seeking to recall the direct-appeal mandate and reinvest the circuit court with jurisdiction to consider coram-nobis, habeas, and related relief. It held that ineffective-assistance claims and challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence are outside the narrow scope of coram-nobis proceedings, and that Washington showed no appellate-process error warranting recall of the mandate. The court also explained that any habeas petition had to be filed directly in the appropriate circuit court.