WPC +[X7ze4 +IsI9 (+ŒEk'ydI ¦l:RHʒJJOe 3b_pMmIH{8-?Ve" 5/W ! /9elg)9}ޡ8Ɖ9XsMr@   @8 8 No.M199900976CCAR3PCFiledJuly28,_2000_Ԁ 3  AV) ` dE<` A O   TheDefendantappealsfromthetrialcourt'sdismissalofhispetitionforpostconvictionrelief.The D  trialcourtfoundthatthepetitionwasbarredbythestatuteoflimitations.Weaffirmthejudgment *  ofthetrialcourt.   Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheTrialCourtisAffirmed.   Welles,J.#TPX,#X,X.TP,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichSmith,J.,andWilliams,J.,joined. X GeorgeTodd,_Tiptonville_,Tennessee,ProSe. $t PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter,MarvinE.Clements,Jr.,AssistantAttorney @ General,C.Michael_Layne_,DistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. & @55' OPINION #TPXX,#Ԉ  X,XTP  OnSeptember4,1985,theDefendantpleadedguiltytoseconddegreemurderinexchange  foranagreedsentenceoffortyfiveyearsintheDepartmentofCorrection.OnMay25,1999,the | Defendantfiledapetitionforpostconvictionrelief.Thetrialcourtsummarilydismissedthepetition b   becauseitwasbarredbythestatuteoflimitations.Itisfromtheorderofthetrialcourtdismissing H!! thepostconvictionreliefpetitionthattheDefendantappeals. ."~"   Itisobviousthatthepetitionforpostconvictionreliefwasfiledwellbeyondtheapplicable #J$ oneyearstatuteoflimitations.TheDefendantarguesthatthestatuteoflimitationsisinapplicable $0 % tohispetitionbecausehewas undertheimpressionthathewouldautomaticallybeparoledafter %!& servingthirtyfivepercentofhissentence.Hestatesthathewouldnothavepleadedguiltyhadhe &!' knownthathewouldnotautomaticallybereleasedafterservingtheminimumpercentagerequired, '"( andthushisguiltypleawasnotknowingandvoluntary.Heassertsthathehadnowayofknowing x(#) thathewouldnotbereleaseduponservingthirtyfivepercentofhissentenceuntilaftertheparole ^)$* boarddeclinedtogranthimparole.Hethenarguesthattheoneyearstatuteoflimitationsdidnot D*%+ begintorununtilhediscoveredthathehadacauseofactionafterhewasdeniedparoleinJuneof *+z&, 1998. ,`'-   ,F(.   TheDefendant'spetitionforpostconvictionreliefisbarredbythestatuteoflimitations.See   Tenn.CodeAnn.4030202(a).TheDefendant'sallegedlackofknowledgethathehadgrounds  forapetitionforpostconvictionreliefcannotdefeattheapplicationofthestatuteoflimitations.Id. | Toholdotherwisewoulddefeatthepurposeofthestatuteoflimitationswhichistoprotectthe b State'sinterestinpreventingthelitigationofstaleandfraudulentclaimsandpromoting H administrativeefficiencyandeconomy.SeeHoward_Templeton_Ԁv.State,No.01C019406CC . ~ 00220,1995WL2995,at*1(Tenn.Crim.App.Nashville,Jan.5,1995).ThisCourthasrejected  d theargumentthatthestatuteoflimitationsdoesnotbegintorununtilsuchtimeasapetitioner  J discoversthathehaspostconvictiongroundsforrelief.SeeBrownv.State,928S.W.2d453,456  0 57(Tenn.Crim.App.1996);_Passarella_Ԁv.State,891S.W.2d619,62425(Tenn.Crim.App.1994).      Furthermore,ourPostConvictionProcedureActallowsthefilingofonlyonepetitionfor   postconvictionreliefattackingasinglejudgment.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030202(c).Ifaprior x  petitionhasbeenfiledwhichwasresolvedonthemeritsbyacourtofcompetentjurisdiction,a ^  secondorsubsequentpetitionattackingthesamejudgmentmustbesummarilydismissed.Id.The D  Defendanthaspreviouslyfiledapetitionseekingpostconvictionrelieffromhisseconddegree *z  murderconvictionwhichwasresolvedonthemeritsbyacourtofcompetentjurisdiction.SeeState ` v.GeorgeTodd,No.89138III,1989WL153892(Tenn.Crim.App.Nashville,Dec.21,1989.) F   Thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.#TPXX,#X,XTP