James E. Lowery v. Gary R. McCaughtry Warden, Waupun Correctional Institution

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• stating that coram nobis cannot be used “to set aside a judgment rendered by another court”
• noting that counsel in that case “conceded that she had not found even one decision in the history of the United States using eoram nobis to set aside a judgment rendered by another court”
• stating that “[petitioner’s] counsel conceded that she had not found even one decision in the history of the United States using coram nobis to set aside a judgment rendered by another court”
• discussing the rationale underlying the principle and noting that “[c]oram nobis arose as a device to extend the period . . . in which the judge who rendered a decision could reexamine his handiwork”
• “Lowery’s counsel conceded that she had not found even one decision in the history of the United States using coram nobis to set aside a judgment rendered by another court.”
• coram nobis relief must be sought in the court that issued the judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).