State v. Mixon

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• holding that legislature is presumed to know existing law when enacting a statute
• recognizing that when an impeaching conviction is the same as the crime for which the defendant is being tried, the unfair prejudicial effect on the substantive issues greatly increases
• recognizing that “a timely petition for writ of error coram nobis will almost always be filed while [a direct] appeal is pending” and adopting a procedure for such a circumstance
• holding that legislature is presumed to know existing law when enacting a statute
• holding that “a petition for writ of error coram nobis must be dismissed as untimely unless it is filed within one year of the date on which the judgment of conviction became final in the trial court”
• holding error coram nobis petition in criminal cases must be filed within one year of date of final judgment of conviction in trial court

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