Newsome v. State

OPINION

HAYES, Judge

The appellant, James E. Newsome, appeals the judgment of the Davidson. County Criminal Court denying his petition for writ of error coram nobis. Specifically, the appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in finding that the “newly discovered evidence” lacked credibility. On May 21, 1992, the appellant entered a guilty plea to one count of second degree murder and was sentenced to eighteen years in the Department of Correction as a Range I offender. 1 No direct appeals were taken by the appellant. He is currently incarcerated at Turney Center Industrial…