Sherman D. Noble, Petitioner v. State of Arkansas, Respondent — Baker, J., Dissenting

Summary

Justice Baker dissented from the majority's conclusion that Noble had to ask the Supreme Court to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court before seeking a writ of error coram nobis. She reasoned that the court never acquired jurisdiction over Noble's direct appeal because his conditional guilty plea did not strictly comply with the governing rule, so the transcript-filing rule did not transfer or establish appellate jurisdiction. She would dismiss the reinvestment petition as unnecessary and allow the trial court to consider the coram nobis issues in the first instance.