Joann G. Rosa v. State of Tennessee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned on Briefs August 21, 2013 JOANN G. ROSA v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Knox County No. 100898 Mary Beth Leibowitz, Judge No. E2013-00356-CCA-R3-ECN-FILED-OCTOBER 21, 2013 The Petitioner, Joann G. Rosa, appeals the Knox County Criminal Court’s denial of her petition for a writ of error coram nobis regarding her conviction for first degree murder, for which she is serving a life sentence. The Petitioner contends that the trial judge who presided over her jury trial pleaded guilty to official…