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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. McMullen finds the lower court properly dismissed defendant’s pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis. Defendant was convicted of aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony for his role in detaining a victim and taking items from the victim’s apartment. Defendant received an effective sentence of life without parole. Defendant filed his petition five years after the finalization of his convictions and sentence, far beyond the one-year statute of limitations, and it was dismissed accordingly. Defendant argues the statute of limitations should be tolled as he claims discovery of new evidence, but the instant court finds the newly discovered evidence, an affidavit, is from someone known at the time of trial that the defense never called as a witness, and would not have affected the outcome of the trial. Affirmed.