Erskine Leroy Johnson v. State of Tennessee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON September 9, 2008 Session ERSKINE LEROY JOHNSON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. P-29609 John P. Colton, Jr., Judge No. W2007-01546-CCA-R3-CO - Filed September 30, 2009 The petitioner, Erskine Leroy Johnson, filed a petition for a writ of error coram nobis in the Shelby County Criminal Court, claiming that newly discovered evidence entitled him to a new trial. After an evidentiary hearing, the coram nobis court dismissed the petition on the basis that the petitioner was at fault for…