MELISSA BARNETT v. STATE OF TENNESSEE - Articles

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Posted by: Chandra Williams on Sep 23, 2015

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Richard Hughes, District Public Defender, for the appellant, Melissa Barnett.

Attorneys 2:

Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball, Senior Counsel; and Neal Pinkston, District Attorney General Pro Tempore, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): EASTER

Petitioner, Melissa Barnett, appeals the dismissal of her second petition for a writ of error coram nobis, in which she alleged that her codefendant’s recantation of his trial testimony constitutes newly-discovered evidence of her innocence. Upon our review of the record, we agree with the coram nobis court that Petitoner was previously granted a meaningful opportunity to present this claim, and we affirm its decision to dismiss the petition.

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