Crimes of Moral Turpitude

(I)

Failure of the court to inquire into the defendant’s mental competence if it was or should have been on notice of the problem. [131]  Due process requires the Tennessee statute of limitations for post-conviction relief, despite an explicit anti-tolling provision, must be tolled during any period in which petitioner was mentally incompetent.[132]

[131] Godinez v. Moran, 509 U.S. 389 (1993).

[132] Seals v. State, 23 Tenn. 272 (2000).