People v. Dryg CA6

Filed 7/24/15 P. v. Dryg CA6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE, H041222

(Santa Clara County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. CC108386)

v.

EDWARD JAMES DRYG,

Defendant and Appellant.

In April 2014, appellant Edward James Dryg filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the superior court challenging a September 2003 order dismissing without prejudice a May 2001 criminal complaint charging him with three sex offenses. After the dismissal without prejudice of the original May 2001 complaint, the prosecution filed a new complaint in October 2003. Appellant pleaded no contest to the charged offenses in the new complaint. Years later, in his 2014 coram nobis petition, appellant asserted he…