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WORKMAN v. STATE

41 S.W.3d 100 (2001)

Philip R. WORKMAN v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

March 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Hutton, Memphis, TN, for the appellant, Phillip R. Workman.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Glenn R. Purden, Senior Counsel, Alice B. Lustre, Assistant Attorney General, and John Campbell, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

George E. Barrett, Edmond L. Carey, Jr., Cecil D. Branstetter, and James G. Stranch, III, Nashville, TN, appearing as Amicus Curiae.

MAJORITY OPINION

DROWOTA, BIRCH, and HOLDER, JJ., delivered the opinion of the court.

Phillip R. Workman filed this action in the Criminal Court for Shelby County, seeking, inter alia, a petition for a writ of error coram nobis. He sought this writ based on claims that new evidence, which was unavailable at his trial and which has never been evaluated in a hearing in this State's courts, shows that he is actually innocent of capital murder. The trial court...

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