State v. Mixon

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 begins to run, thirty days after entry of the judgment in the trial court if no post-trial motion is filed, or upon entry of an order disposing of a timely filed post-trial motion. As a result, in…