Cyrus Deville Wilson v. State of Tennessee

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• concluding that summary dismissal of coram nobis claim was proper because later arising evidence constituted attorney work product and therefore was not admissible
• holding that evidence supporting request to toll statute of limitations for coram nobis petition must be admissible
• deciding that prosecutor's handwritten note reflecting mental impression in connection with prosecuting case was protected opinion work product and not admissible, so not sufficient to support petition for writ of error coram nobis
• stating that “[f]ailure to raise the statute as an affirmative defense does not result in waiver „if the opposing party is given fair notice of the defense and an opportunity to rebut it‟” (citation omitted)
• “Because Petitioner raised the issue of the statute of limitations by requesting that it be tolled on due process grounds, he cannot reasonably contend that he was prejudiced because he was not given fair notice of the defense or an opportunity to rebut it.”

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