Ricky Harris v. State

OPINION

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, J., joined.

In this appeal, the dispositive issues are whether a claim that the prosecution failed to disclose exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), is a cognizable basis for reopening a post-conviction petition under Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-30-217(a) and whether the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in sua sponte treating the petitioner’s motion as a petition for writ of error coram nobis based upon newly discovered…