Gregory L. Hatton v. State of Tennessee

Nearly four decades after pleading guilty to rape, armed robbery, burglary, kidnapping, grand larceny, and assault with intent to commit murder, Petitioner, Gregory L. Hatton, filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis.  The trial court summarily dismissed the petition as time-barred.  However, the Tennessee Supreme Court has recently determined that a writ of error coram nobis is not an available procedural mechanism to collaterally attack a guilty plea.  Therefore, we affirm the judgment of the trial court on the separate grounds discussed herein.