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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 20, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Bryiant C. Overton, Nashville, Tennessee, Pro Se.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Kelly M. Telfeyan, Assistant Attorney General; Jennings H. Jones, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HOLLOWAY

Petitioner, Bryiant C. Overton, appeals the denial of his petition for writ of error coram nobis. He contends that the circuit court abused its discretion by re-characterizing his petition as one for coram nobis relief, by dismissing the petition as time-barred, and by treating prior post-conviction proceedings as a procedural bar. Upon review, we affirm.

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