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INTHECOURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @)ATNASHVILLE # !  #Ԉ < GENETAYLOR,0  0$$08$$08$8$)^ $$   0      8   ) Petitioner/Appellant,0 8 08$8$) $$   0      8   )  0      8   )0  AppealNo. $$ VS.0 00 $ $00 $0 $0$$08$$08$8$)0$$01A019812CH00638 $$   0      8   )  0      8   )0  DavidsonChancery, $$ DONALCAMPBELL,0  08$$08$8$)0$$No.97711II> $$ TENNESSEEDEPARTMENTOF0  )P$$ CORRECTION,0  0$$08$$08$8$)b$$   0      8   ) Respondent/Appellee.0 8 08$8$)6$$ 9@APPEALEDFROMTHECHANCERYCOURTOFDAVIDSONCOUNTY@#ATNASHVILLE,TENNESSEE@ THEHONORABLECAROLL.MCCOY,CHANCELLORGENETAYLOR#75796NorthwestCorrectionalComplexRoute1,Box660Tiptonville,Tennessee38079 ProSe/Petitioner/AppellantPAULG.SUMMERSAttorneyGeneralandReporterJOHNR.MILES425FifthAvenueNorthNashville,Tennessee372430488 AttorneyforRespondent/Appellee@$AFFIRMEDANDREMANDED  0      8     BENH.CANTRELL,  0      8     PRESIDINGJUDGE,M.S.CONCUR:KOCH,J.CAIN,J. ;63 @(  !  OPINION # !  > #Ԉ    0 Aprisonerseekingadeclaratoryjudgmenttoreviewhisprison H  sentenceassertsthatingrantingsummaryjudgmenttothestate,thechancellor l  erredbyfindingthathecommittedafelonywhileonworkrelease.Basedona   priordecisionoftheCourtofCriminalAppeals,wefindthatresjudicatabarsthe   litigationofthatissue.Therefore,weaffirmthejudgmentofthelowercourt. (  @qq- II.   p   0 Mr.Taylorfiledapetitionforadeclaratoryjudgmentinthe l ChanceryCourtofDavidsonCountypursuanttoTenn.CodeAnn.45225.  Heallegedthattheonlyeffectivesentenceunderwhichhewasbeingheldwas  atwentyyearsandonedaysentenceandthathehadalreadyservedovertwenty  ( twoyears.Healsoallegedthathewasentitledtooverelevenyearsofsentence "L credits.Therefore,hesoughtadeclarationthathewasentitledtoanimmediate  %p  releasefromincarceration. D'"    0 TheCommissionerofCorrectionmovedforadismissalforfailure +&$ tostateaclaim,orforsummaryjudgment.RelyingonanopinionoftheCourt -)& ofCriminalAppeals,thechancellorgrantedtheCommissionersummary /$+( judgmentonthequestionofthesentenceMr.Taylorwasserving,butreserved 1H-* judgmentonthequestionofthesentencecredits. 4l/,   @61.   0 Aftermoremaneuveringinthechancerycourt,theCommissioner   movedforsummaryjudgmentontheremainingissueofsentencecredits.The $ chancellorgrantedthatmotion,holdingthatMr.Taylorwasunderalifesentence H withoutthepossibilityofparole,andthattherefore,theissueofsentencecredits  l wasmoot. @  @qq- II.      0 AlthoughMr.Taylorraisedanumberofissuesinthechancery $ court,theonlyquestionsonappealrevolvearoundwhetherhepreviously H committedafelonywhileonworkrelease.Atthispointwesummarizethefacts l recitedintheopinionoftheCourtofCriminalAppeals.In1975theCriminal @ CourtofWashingtonCountysentencedMr.Taylortodeathonachargeof d murder.AfterthedustsettledonanappealandtwocommutationsbyGovernor   _Blanton_,Mr.Taylorwasunderalifesentencecommutedtotwentyyearsandone " day. $    0 Whileservingthecommutedsentence,Mr.Taylorescaped,stolea )h$" car,androbbedabank.ThewordsoftheCourtofCriminalAppealsare <+&$ particularlypertinent.Thecourtsaid: Subsequently,whileservingthetwenty `-(& yearandonedaysentenceonaworkreleaseprogram,theDefendantstoleacar /*( androbbedabank.Taylorv.Morgan,909S.W.2d17at18(Tenn._Crim_.App. 1,* 1995)(emphasissupplied).Heenteredaguiltypleaandreceivedanadditional 3/, twentyyearsentence.Thetrialcourtorderedthesentencetorunconcurrently 5@1. withthesentencehewasalreadyserving. 8d30 Ї  0 GovernorAlexanderthenrevokedthecommutationgrantedby  Governor_Blanton_Ԁandreinstatedthelifesentence. $   0 In1994Mr.TaylorfiledapetitionforhabeascorpusintheCircuit  l CourtofDavidsonCounty,allegingthatthesecondtwentyyearsentencewas @  voidbecauseTenn.CodeAnn.4028123requiredittorunconsecutivelyto d  hisoriginalsentence.Therefore,sincehehadservedtheoriginaltwentyyear   sentence,hearguedthathewasbeingillegallyheld.    0 TheCourtofCriminalAppealsrejectedMr.Taylorspetitionand D heldthathewasunderavalidlifesentence.Thus,regardlessofthevalidityof h thesecondsentence,thecourtheldthatMr.Taylorwouldnotbeeligiblefor < releaseuntilhehad,ataminimum,servedthelifesentence. ` @CC, III.  "   0 TheissueaboutwhichMr.Turnercomplainswasdecidedinthe &D"  priorcase.Theresjudicatadoctrineprohibitshimfrom_relitigating_Ԁthatissue )h$" here.See_A.L._Ԁ_Kornman_ԀCo.vs.MetropolitanGovernment,391S.W.2d633 <+&$ (Tenn.1965).Thus,thechancellorcorrectlybasedherdecisioninthiscaseon `-(& thefactthatMr.Taylorhadcommittedafelonywhileonworkrelease. /*(   0 Thesignificanceofthatfactbecomesapparentwhenweconsider 3/, Tenn.CodeAnn.4028123(b)(1).Thatcodesectionprovidesthatany 5@1. prisonerconvictedofafelony(exceptescape)committedwhileonworkrelease 8d30 orotherprogramwheretheprisonerenjoystheprivilegeofsupervisedrelease  inthecommunity,shallservetheremainderofthetermwithoutbecoming $ eligibleforparole. H   0 Itisobviousthatthetworulingsmadebythechancellor(thatMr. @  Taylorwasunderalifesentenceandthathemustserveitwithoutbecoming d  eligibleforparole)weremandatedbythelawandthe_uncontroverted_Ԁfacts.     0 Thejudgmentofthecourtbelowisaffirmedandthecauseis   remandedtotheChanceryCourtofDavidsonCountyforanyfurtherproceedings D necessary.Taxthecostsonappealtotheappellant. h   0      8   _______________________________     0      8   BENH.CANTRELL, !   0      8   PRESIDINGJUDGE,M.S. " CONCUR: $  ______________________________ &*v%# WILLIAMC.KOCH,JR.,JUDGE 8+&$ ______________________________ 0+) WILLIAMB.CAIN,JUDGE 8   ____ 1,* X  =ü  @. #ü ={+#