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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE
Assigned on Briefs November 14, 2007 PAUL GRAHAM MANNING v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Appeal from the Circuit Court for DeKalb County No. 98-89 Leon Burns, Jr., Judge

No. M2007-00374-CCA-R3-CO - Filed February 7, 2008

The Petitioner, Paul Graham Manning, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing his petition for writ of error coram nobis. The trial court dismissed the petition because it was not timely filed and because the petition did not allege newly discovered evidence or make allegations which had not been previously raised or litigated. Following our review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Circuit Court is Affirmed DAVID H. WELLES, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which JERRY L. SMITH and JOHN EVERETT WILLIAMS, JJ., joined. Paul Graham Manning, Pro Se. Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Mark A. Fulks, Assistant Attorney General; William E. Gibson, District Attorney General; and Ben Fann, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION In 2001, the Petitioner, Paul Graham Manning, was tried before a jury and convicted of first degree premeditated murder and felony reckless endangerment. See State v. Paul Graham Manning, No. M2002-00547-CCA-R3-CD, 2003 WL 354510 (Tenn. Crim. App., Nashville, Feb. 14, 2003), perm. to app. denied (Tenn. Dec. 15, 2003). This Court affirmed his convictions on direct appeal. See id. at *1. The Petitioner subsequently sought post-conviction relief, which was denied by the trial court. This Court affirmed the denial of post-conviction relief. Paul Graham Manning v. State, No. M2005-02876-CCA-R3-PC, 2007 WL 4116487 (Tenn. Crim. App., Nashville, Nov. 13, 2007). On October 6, 2006, the Petitioner filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis. See Tenn. Code Ann.

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