Ricky HARRIS v. STATE of Tennessee

WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J.,

with whom CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., joins, concurring in part and concurring in the result.

I concur with the Chief Justice’s conclusion that Mr. Harris is not entitled to coram nobis relief with regard to either of his newly discovered evidence claims. Her conclusion that the claim based on the evidence regarding the “Bill” letters is time-barred is correct. I cannot, however, concur in her conclusion that the claim based on the evidence regarding the alibi witness is likewise time-barred because Mr. Harris has made out a prima facie case for equitable tolling with…