STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOSHUA BOWMAN

In 2011, a Knox County jury convicted the Petitioner, Joshua Bowman, of multiple
offenses stemming from the robbery and killing of the victim. He appealed his convictions,
all of which were affirmed save one: his conviction for especially aggravated kidnapping,
which we remanded for a new trial based on a jury instruction error. State v. Bowman, No.
E2012-00923-CCA-R3-CD, 2013 WL 4680402, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Aug. 29, 2013),
perm. app. denied (Tenn. Feb. 11, 2014). In 2022, the Petitioner filed a petition for a writ
of error coram nobis saying that there was newly discovered evidence in the form of his
mental and counseling records, which supported his “intellectually diminished capacity
argument.” The State did not file its response until 2025, and it asserted that the records
were not newly discovered because they were his own records and, therefore, known to
him. After a hearing, the coram nobis court dismissed the petition finding that the petition
was untimely and that the Petitioner was not entitled to tolling because he was aware of his
educational limitations before trial and had discussed those limitations with his trial
attorney. After review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.