WPC. Fptsvu7 Z,E _`w' >[ud#wߨX+Èhc|ܑ |XPDZ5f3cP M.*jx` `@E/` 8ttxPg t @)DATNASHVILLE  h 6JAMESR.REYNOLDS,     p )    `     h      p ) ` Plaintiff/Appellant,     p )  >  `     h      p ) `     h      p )  DavidsonChancery j  VS. `     h      p )  No.96801II 0   `     h      p ) `     h      p )  AppealNo. \  TENNESSEEBOARDOFPAROLES, p )  01A019701CH00016 r  etal., `     h      p )   `     h      p ) ` Defendants/Appellees.     p )  6@I I DAPPEALFROMTHECHANCERYCOURT  \ @&DFORDAVIDSONCOUNTY@$DATNASHVILLE,TENNESSEE@ DTHEHONORABLEELLENHOBBSLYLE,CHANCELLOR#6ˋ#ForPlaintiff/Appellant: h      p   ForDefendants/Appellees: @$ JamesR.Reynolds h      p   JohnKnoxWalkup l&! ProSe    h      p   AttorneyGeneralandReporter '"  `     h      p   JohnR.Miles `     h      p   CounselfortheState6 @%DAFFIRMEDANDREMANDED  ^2-) 6 `     h      p WILLIAMC.KOCH,JR.,JUDGE  `;61( 6 *@&DMEMORANDUMOPINION 6Ԉ   ` ThisappealinvolvesaninmateschallengetothedenialofhisapplicationforparolebytheTennesseeBoardofParoles.Afterservingapproximatelytenyearsofa35yearsentenceforaggravatedrape,theinmatefiledapetitionforacommonlawwritofcertiorariintheChanceryCourtforDavidsonCountyassertingthattheTennesseeBoardofParoleswasillegallyandarbitrarilydecliningtohonorhispleabargainagreement.Thetrialcourtdismissedthepetitiononthegroundsthatitfailedtostateaclaimuponwhichreliefcouldbegrantedandbecauseitwasnottimelyfiled.Theinmatehasappealedprose.WeconcurthatthepetitionwasnottimelyfiledandaffirmitsdismissalinaccordancewithTenn.Ct.App.R.10(b). #  1      ׀  @.D I.    ` InDecember1984,JamesR.Reynoldssexuallyabusedhisthensevenyearolddaughterandsixyearoldson.Afterhisdaughtercomplainedtooneofherteachers,theCoffeeCountySheriffarrestedMr.Reynolds,andMr.Reynoldswaslaterchargedwithtwocountsofaggravatedrape.Mr.Reynoldsandhisappointedcounsellaternegotiatedapleaagreement,andonJanuary23,1986,Mr.ReynoldspleadedguiltytoaggravatedrapeintheCriminalCourtforCoffeeCountyandwassentencedtothirtyfiveyearsinthecustodyoftheDepartmentofCorrectionasaRange1,standardoffender.Mr.ReynoldsiscurrentlyincarceratedintheLakeCountyRegionalCorrectionalFacility.TheTennesseeBoardofParolesconsideredMr.ReynoldsforparoleinSeptember1990andagaininJune1993butoneachoccasiondeclinedtoreleasehimonparole.   #  2      ׀ o-'0 *      ` OnMarch12,1996,Mr.ReynoldsfiledapetitionforacommonlawwritofcertiorariintheChanceryCourtforDavidsonCounty.Heallegedthatduringthe1986negotiationsforhispleaagreement,heandtheDistrictAttorneyGeneralagreedthathewouldonlyberequiredtoservetenandonehalfyearsinprisonandthatthistimecouldbefurthershortenedbywhateversentencereductioncreditsheearnedwhileincarcerated.HecharacterizedthisagreementasalegallybindingcontractandrequestedtheCourttoordertheBoardofParolestoreleasehimonparole.  #  3      ׀Whenthe   Boardmovedtodismisshispetition,Mr.Reynoldsfiledhisownmotionforsummaryjudgment.OnAugust28,1996,thetrialcourtenteredanorderdismissingthepetitionforfailuretostateaclaimuponwhichreliefcanbegrantedandbecausethepetitionwasnottimelyfiled.@.D II.    ` ThecontrollingissueonthisappealisthetimelinessofMr.Reynoldsspetitionforcommonlawwritofcertiorari.Tenn.CodeAnn.279102(1980)requiresthatapetitionforwritofcertioraribefiledwithinsixtydaysfromtheentryoftheorderorjudgmentcomplainedof.Thefailuretofileapetitionwithinthetimeallowedbystatutepreventsthetrialcourtfromwhomthewritissoughtfromexercisingjurisdictionoverthepetitionersclaim.SeeThandiwev.Traguhber,909S.W.2d802, %,& 804(Tenn.Ct.App.1994);Wheelerv.CityofMemphis,675S.W.2d4,6(Tenn.Ct. & ( App.1984). ` Mr.ReynoldsslasthearingbeforetheBoardofParolesoccurredonoraroundJune15,1993.AlthoughacopyoftheorderdenyingMr.Reynoldsparoleisnotintherecord,Mr.Reynoldssswornpetitionstatesthat [o]nJune15,1993,themembersoftheTennesseeBoardofParole...refusedtohonorthecontracttheStatemadewiththePetitioner.Thus,forthepurposeofthisappeal,wewillpresumethattheBoardactedonthedateidentifiedinMr.Reynoldsspetition.Usingthisdateasabeginningpoint,itisinescapablethatMr.Reynoldsspetitionforwritofcertiorari p5/: filedinMarch1996cametwoyearstoolateandthatthetrialcourtproperlydismissedthepetitionfornotbeingtimelyfiled.@-D III.     ` Weaffirmthejudgmentandremandthecasetothetrialcourtforwhateverfurtherproceedingsmayberequired.WetaxthecostsofthisappealtoJamesR.Reynoldsforwhichexecution,ifnecessary,mayissue. `     h      p ______________________________ `     h      p WILLIAMC.KOCH,JR.,JUDGECONCUR:__________________________________HENRYF.TODD,PRESIDINGJUDGEMIDDLESECTION__________________________________SAMUELL.LEWIS,JUDGEBENH.CANTRELL,JUDGE  %" 8zdd8z  | !z@  DINTHECOURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @ZZ)DATNASHVILLE  B # ! |!#zzJAMESR.REYNOLDS,     p )    `     h      p ) ` Plaintiff/Appellant,     p )    `     h      p )  DavidsonChancery & VS. `     h      p )  No.96801II >   `     h      p )TENNESSEEBOARDOFPAROLES, p )  AppealNo.#z|"#zz Jn  etal., `     h      p )  01A019701CH00016#z\%#zz b   `     h      p ) ` Defendants/Appellees.     p )   #z.&#  | !z@cc(DJUDGMENT # ! |='#Ԉ  z ` ThiscausecameontobeheardupontherecordonappealfromtheDavidsonCountyChanceryCourtandthebriefsoftheparties.Uponconsiderationoftheentirerecord,thiscourtfindsandconcludesthatthetrialcourtsjudgmentshouldbeaffirmed. ` Inaccordancewiththeopinionfiledcontemporaneouslywiththisjudgment,itis,therefore,ordered,adjudged,anddecreedthatthetrialcourtsjudgmentbeandisherebyaffirmed,andthatthecauseberemandedtothetrialcourtforfurtherproceedingsconsistentwiththiscourtsopinion. ` ItisfurtherorderedthatthecostsofthisappealbetaxedtoJamesR.Reynoldsforwhichexecutionmayissue,ifnecessary.___.zz z `     h      p _________________________________ `     h      p HENRYF.TODD, `     h      p PRESIDINGJUDGE,M.S. `     h      p _________________________________ `     h      p SAMUELL.LEWIS,JUDGE `     h      p _________________________________ `     h      p WILLIAMC.KOCH,JR.,JUDGE#zz+##z v,#