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STATE v. MIXON

983 S.W.2d 661 (1999)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Vaughn MIXON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

January 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General & Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Elizabeth T. Ryan, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, James G. Woodall, District Attorney General, Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Jackson, Tennessee, Don Allen, Assistant District Attorney General, Jackson, Tennessee, for State-Appellee.

George Morton Googe, District Public Defender 26th Judicial District, Jackson, Tennessee, for Defendant-Appellant.,

OPINION

DROWOTA, J.

We granted this appeal to determine: (1) when a judgment becomes "final" and triggers the one-year coram nobis statute of limitations; and (2) whether a petition for writ of error coram nobis may be filed in the trial court during the pendency of an appeal as of right from a conviction.

We conclude that a judgment becomes final, and the one-year coram nobis statute of limitations...

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