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ÐÌ€€à ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àà p àò òROGER€MOORE€Ð ð+"# Ðó óà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àà p àAssistant€District€Attorney€GeneralÐ ð,#$ Ðà0 ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àà p àWashington€Square€€€Ð ` €%` €% Ðà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àà p à222€Second€Avenue€North,€Suite€500Ì€à ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àà p àNashville,€TN€37201„1649Ð Ø/x&' ÐÌÌÌÌÌOPINION€FILED€________________________ÌÌAFFIRMEDÌÌTHOMAS€T.€WOODALL,€JUDGEÐ  ˆ9(01  ÐÓ  ÓÔ€°O¿°ŠŠŠÔò òòòOPINIONóóó óÔ€ŠŠŠ°°O¿ÔÐ `  ÐÌÌÌÓ  ÓÓÓà ` àThe€Petitioner,€Ricky€Flamingo€Brown,€appeals€the€order€of€the€DavidsonÏCounty€Criminal€Court€dismissing€his€petition€for€post„conviction€relief.€€In€thisÏappeal,€the€Defendant€challenges€(1)€the€trial€courtððs€ruling€as€to€the€effectivenessÏof€his€trial€counsel,€(2)€the€admission€of€incompetent€testimony€at€trial,€and€(3)€theÏlegality€of€the€sentence€imposed€by€the€trial€court.€€We€affirm€the€judgment€of€the€trialÏcourt.ÌÌà ` àThe€post„conviction€court€accurately€summarized€the€procedural€history€ofÏPetitionerððs€case€as€follows:ÌÓÓà8 ` à[Petitioner]€was€indicted€by€the€Davidson€County€Grand€Jury€in€1986Ïand€charged€with€aggravated€rape,€accused€of€having€sex€with€hisÏtwelve€year€old€daughter.€€Trial€was€held€in€the€Criminal€Court€forÏDavidson€County,€Tennessee,€Division€II,€on€August€3€and€August€4,Ï1987.€€The€jury€convicted€[Petitioner]€and€his€bond€was€immediatelyÏrevoked.€[Petitioner]€was€placed€in€a€room€in€the€Criminal€JusticeÏCenter€in€Nashville,€Tennessee,€and€later€the€same€day€escaped€fromÏthe€Justice€Center.€[Petitioner]€did€not€appear€for€the€sentencingÏhearing.€[Petitioner]€received€a€life€sentence€òòinóó€òòabsentiaóó.€€A€motion€forÐ N'î Ðnew€trial€was€filed€but€denied€as€waived,€and€no€direct€appeal€wasÏprosecuted.Ð ` (#` (# ÐÌà8 ` à[Petitioner]€was€arrested€and€incarcerated€in€June€1990€and€since€hasÏbeen€serving€a€life€sentence€in€Tennessee€correctional€facilities.€€OnÏJuly€23,€1990,€[Petitioner]€filed€a€òòproóó€òòseóó€post€conviction€petition€in€thisÐ -¾#$ Ðcourt,€seeking€review€of€his€conviction€and€sentence.€€Subsequently,€allÏparties€agreed€to€postpone€further€proceedings,€to€allow€[Petitioner]€theÏopportunity€to€seek€a€direct€appeal.€Ð ` (#` (# ÐÌà8 ` à[Petitioner]€filed€an€application€for€delayed€appeal€with€the€Court€ofÏCriminal€Appeals.€€Subsequently€[Petitioner]€sought€both€direct€appealÏand€delayed€appeal,€and€was€denied€by€the€Court€of€Criminal€AppealsÏand€the€Tennessee€Supreme€Court.€€In€March€and€May€1996Ïevidentiary€hearings€were€held€on€the€post„conviction€petition,€and€atÏthe€conclusion,€proposed€findings€were€ordered,€at€the€suggestion€ofÏthe€parties,€and€subsequently€filed.Ð ` (#` (# Ðâ âÐ ¾8^/0 ÐÓÓà ` àPetitioner€filed€his€post„conviction€petition€in€1990,€nearly€three€(3)€years€fromÏâ âdate€of€his€conviction,€but€still€within€the€statute€of€limitations€period€in€effect€at€theÏtime.€€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð40„30„102€(repealed€May€10,€1995).€€At€the€time€PetitionerÏfiled€his€petition€for€post„conviction€relief,€the€petitioner€€had€the€burden€of€provingÏthe€allegations€by€a€preponderance€of€the€evidence.€€òòMcBee€v.€Stateóó,€655€S.W.2dÐ €  Ð191,€195€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1983).€€Moreover,€the€trial€courtððs€findings€of€fact€areÏconclusive€on€appeal€unless€the€evidence€preponderates€against€the€judgment.€ÏòòState€v.€Bufordóó,€666€S.W.2d€473,€475€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1983);€òòTidwell€v.€Stateóó,€922Ð ˜8 ÐS.W.2d€497,€500€(Tenn.€1996);€òòCampbell€v.€Stateóó,€904€S.W.2d€594,€595„96€(Tenn.Ð  @ Ð1995).ÌÌà ` àIn€reviewing€the€Petitionerððs€Sixth€Amendment€claim€of€ineffective€assistanceÏof€counsel,€this€Court€must€determine€whether€the€advice€given€or€services€renderedÏby€the€attorney€are€within€the€range€of€competence€demanded€of€attorneys€inÏcriminal€cases.€€òòBaxter€v.€Roseóó,€523€S.W.2d€930,€936€(Tenn.€1975).€€To€prevail€onÐ Ð%p Ða€claim€of€ineffective€counsel,€a€petitioner€must€show€that€counsel€made€errors€soÏserious€that€he€was€not€functioning€as€counsel€as€guaranteed€under€the€SixthÏAmendment€and€that€the€deficient€representation€prejudiced€the€petitioner€resultingÏin€a€failure€to€produce€a€reliable€result.€€òòStrickland€v.€Washingtonóó,€466€U.S.€668,€687,Ð ð-$$ Ðòòrehððgóó€òòdeniedóó,€467€U.S.€1267€(1984);€òòCooper€v.€Stateóó,€849€S.W.2d€744,€747€(Tenn.Ð ø/˜&& Ð1993);€òòButler€v.€Stateóó,€789€S.W.2d€898,€899€(Tenn.€1990).€€On€the€issue€ofÐ 2 (( Ðineffective€assistance€of€counsel,€the€trial€court€found€that€the€record€demonstratedÏð ðdefense€counselððs€general€knowledge€of€the€law,€derived€from€his€many€years€ofÏsuccessful€practice€in€the€criminal€law€field,€and€his€case„specific€preparation,€wereÏadequate€to€meet€the€standard€required€of€criminal€defense€attorneys.ðð€€Ð  :À00 Їà ` àPetitioner€cites€the€following€instances€of€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel€byÏhis€trial€attorney:ÌÓÓà ` à1.à8 ¸ àCounsel€failed€to€contact€all€witnesses,€failed€to€interviewÐ p  Ðavailable€prosecution€witnesses,€and€failed€to€prepare€for€trial.Ð ¸ (#¸ (# ÐÌà ` à2.à8 ¸ àCounsel€failed€to€conduct€discovery€and€any€other€investigation,Ð | Ðand€failed€to€develop€a€theory€of€defense.Ð ¸ (#¸ (# ÐÌà ` à3.à8 ¸ àCounsel€did€not€communicate€with€his€predecessor€who€formerlyÐ ˆ(  Ðrepresented€the€Petitioner€in€this€case€and€counsel€did€notÏcommunicate€with€the€prosecuting€attorneys.Ð ¸ (#¸ (# ÐÌà ` à4.à ¸ àCounsel€did€not€adequately€prepare€the€Defendant€for€trial.Ð ˜8 ÐÌà ` à5.à8 ¸ àCounsel€only€met€with€Petitioner€for€one€(1)€hour€prior€to€the€trial,Ð  @ Ðand€stated€that€he€did€not€need€any€witnesses.Ð ¸ (#¸ (# ÐÌà ` à6.à8 ¸ àCounsel€failed€to€call€witnesses€at€trial€who€were€available,€andÐ ¬L Ðwhose€testimony€would€have€aided€the€Petitionerððs€defense.Ð ¸ (#¸ (# ÐÌà ` à7.à8 ¸ àCounsel€failed€to€subpoena€witnesses€who€were€necessary€toÐ ¸X Ðestablish€a€plausible€defense.Ð ¸ (#¸ (# ÐÌà ` à8.à8 ¸ àCounselððs€failure€to€investigate€the€facts€and€circumstancesÐ Ä"d Ðsurrounding€the€case€prevented€counsel€from€effectivelyÏexamining€and€cross„examining€witnesses€during€the€trial.Ð ¸ (#¸ (# ÐÌà ` à9.à8 ¸ àCounsel€did€not€file€appropriate€pre„trial€motions€and/or€motionsÐ Ô&t Ðin€limine€and€did€not€object€to€ð ðprejudicial€and€incompetentÏtestimonyðð€of€Era€Hogan,€Ann€Brooks,€and€Dr.€Margaret€AnnÏMartin.Ð ¸ (#¸ (# ÐÌà ` à10.à8 ¸ àCounsel€did€not€file€an€effective€and€appropriate€motion€for€newÐ è+ˆ"" Ðtrial€and€therefore€failed€to€develop€appealable€issues€whichÏwould€have€helped€the€Defendant.Ð ¸ (#¸ (# ÐÌà ` à11.à8 ¸ àCounsel€failed€to€represent€the€Petitioner€in€sentencingÐ ø/˜&& Ðprocedures.€€Specifically,€he€states€that€counsel€did€not€file€aÏsentencing€memorandum,€argue€sentencing€guidelines€to€theÏtrial€court,€and€ð ðsimply€acquiescedðð€in€the€sentencing€procedureÏwhich€resulted€in€a€life€sentence.Ð ¸ (#¸ (# ÐÌà ` à12.à8 ¸ àCounsel€did€not€pursue€or€otherwise€preserve€the€right€of€a€directÐ 6°,, Ðappeal€for€Petitioner.Ð ¸ (#¸ (# ÐÌÓÓÐ 9¼// Ðà ` àWe€have€reviewed€the€transcript€of€the€trial.€€Issues€which€Petitioner€arguesÏshould€now€be€considered€as€if€there€were€a€direct€appeal€of€the€conviction€areÏwithout€merit,€or€if€error,€were€harmless€error.€Tenn.€R.€App.€P.€36(b);€Tenn.€R.€Crim.ÏP.€52(a).€€€Both€the€issues€of€incompetent€testimony€and€improper€sentencing€areÏnot€proper€issues€to€be€addressed€in€post„conviction€proceedings.€€Tenn.€Code€Ann.Ïðð€40„30„105.€€Only€issues€of€constitutional€import€are€proper€consideration€for€thisÏcourt€on€review€of€a€petition€for€post„conviction€relief.€€While€Petitioner€may€have€hadÏa€right€for€review€of€these€issues€on€direct€appeal,€he€waived€this€right€when€heÏabsconded€prior€to€the€trial€courtððs€consideration€of€his€motion€for€new€trial€andÏremained€at€large€during€the€time€in€which€he€could€have€filed€a€direct€appeal.€€òòSeeóóÐ ¨H ÐòòLamm€v.€Stateóó,€No.€03C01„9702„CC„00073,€Blount€County€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,€atÐ °P ÐKnoxville,€March€23,€1998)€(No€Rule€11€application€filed);€òòCurtis€v.€Stateóó,€909Ð ¸X ÐS.W.2d€465,€468€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1995).€€While€his€prior€escape€does€not€precludeÏpost„conviction€relief,€ð ða€criminal€defendant€cannot€interrupt€or€terminate€a€criminalÏproceeding€by€his€failure€to€pursue€the€legal€procedures€available€for€the€correctionÏof€errors€and€then,€in€a€post„conviction€proceeding,€seek€relief€based€on€an€errorÏcommitted€during€the€proceeding.ðð€€òòShazel€v.€Stateóó,€966€S.W.2d€414,€416€(Tenn.Ð à)€  Ð1998);€€òòFrench€v.€Stateóó,€824€S.W.2d€161€(Tenn.€1992).€Ð è+ˆ"" ÐÌà ` àAny€evidence€which€Petitioner€complains€was€ð ðincompetent€testimonyðð€butÏadmitted€at€trial€as€ð ðfresh€complaintðð€evidence€was€clearly€admissible€under€the€lawÏin€existence€at€the€time€of€his€trial.€€His€reliance€upon€òòState€v.€Livingstonóó,€907Ð 4¨** ÐS.W.2d€392€(Tenn.€1995)(holding€in€child€sexual€offense€cases,€neither€the€fact€ofÏcomplaint€nor€details€of€complaint€to€a€third€party€is€admissible€under€ð ðfreshÏcomplaintðð€doctrine),€is€misplaced€as€that€case€was€not€decided€until€eight€(8)€yearsÐ  :À00 Ðafter€the€conclusion€of€Petitionerððs€trial.€€In€addition,€Petitionerððs€argument€that€theÏrecord€fails€to€justify€his€sentence€as€a€Range€II€Offender€is€without€merit.€€€In€1987,Ïat€the€time€of€Petitionerððs€offense,€the€prescribed€punishment€for€aggravated€rapeÏof€a€child€less€than€thirteen€(13)€years€of€age€in€violation€of€Tennessee€CodeÏAnnotated€section€39„2„603€(repealed€November€1,€1989)€was€ð ðimprisonment€in€theÏpenitentiary€for€life€or€a€period€not€less€than€twenty€(20)€yearsðð€as€a€Range€IIÏOffender.€€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„35„107(5)€(repealed€November€1,€1989).€ÏTherefore,€the€only€issue€this€court€will€consider€is€whether€Petitionerððs€trial€counselÏprovided€ineffective€assistance€during€the€trial.ÌÌà ` àAt€the€post„conviction€hearing,€defense€counsel€testified€as€to€his€recollection€Ïof€the€trial€and€his€trial€preparation.€€The€inordinately€long€passage€of€time€(in€partÏdirectly€due€to€the€Petitionerððs€escape)€combined€with€counselððs€physical€limitationsÏdid€not€allow€defense€counsel€to€completely€detail€his€trial€preparation€and€strategy.€ÏDiminished€recollection€of€the€attorney€at€a€post„conviction€hearing€delayed€as€aÏresult€of€a€defendantððs€escape€is€understandable.€€òòCurtis€v.€Stateóó,€909€S.W.2d€465Ð Ø'x Ð(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1995).€€The€record€demonstrates€that€Petitionerððs€trial€counselÏpresented€four€(4)€witnesses€on€the€Petitionerððs€behalf,€including€the€Petitioner,ÏPetitionerððs€wife,€step„daughter€and€mother.€€Counsel€also€thoroughly€cross„¼examined€the€Stateððs€witnesses.€€There€is€every€appearance€from€the€record€thatÏtrial€counsel€was€prepared€for€trial.€€ÌÌà ` àWhile€the€original€pretrial€motion€is€not€contained€within€the€record,€it€is€clearÏfrom€the€trial€transcript€that€Petitionerððs€counsel€sought€to€introduce€testimony€thatÏothers€had€sexual€relations€with€the€victim€and€the€trial€court€ruled€this€testimonyÐ  :À00 Ðinadmissible.€€Specifically,€the€trial€court€addressed€the€Petitioner€during€trial,€stating€Ïð ðYou€were€present€when€I€made€my€ruling€that€any€evidence€regarding€prior€sexualÏconduct€on€the€part€of€[the€victim]€is€irrelevant€and€inadmissible,€and€any€attempt€onÏyour€part€to€get€evidence€of€that€into€the€record€is€a€flagrant€violation€of€my€order,Ïand€it€should€not€happen€again.ðð€€Also,€it€is€evident€from€the€trial€transcript€thatÏcounselððs€defense€theory€was€that€the€victim€had€fabricated€the€allegations€due€toÏthe€possible€influence€of€her€mother.€ÌÌà ` àPetitionerððs€trial€counsel€testified€that€he€had€access€to€the€Petitionerððs€fileÏfrom€his€former€attorney€and€had€open€access€to€the€Stateððs€files€for€discovery.€€HeÏthen€reviewed€the€Stateððs€files€and€discussed€the€merits€of€the€case€with€theÏprosecutor.€€He€testified€that€he€discussed€the€case€with€both€the€Petitioner€and€hisÏwife€and€prepared€both€of€them€for€their€testimony.€€€He€made€objections€as€toÏcertain€testimony€during€the€course€of€the€trial,€some€of€which€were€sustained.€ÏDefense€counsel€noted€that€if€he€did€not€object€specifically€to€evidence€introduced,Ïhis€strategy€was€either€that€the€evidence€should€have€come€in€or€was€not€harmful€toÏthe€Petitioner.€€In€light€of€the€law€in€effect€at€the€time€of€Petitionerððs€trial,€theÏtestimony€of€some€witnesses€was€admissible€as€ð ðfresh€complaintðð€evidence.€ÏòòLivingstonóó,€907€S.W.2d€at€395.€€When€reviewing€defense€counselððs€actions,€thisÐ ð-$$ Ðcourt€should€not€use€the€benefit€of€hindsight€to€second„guess€trial€strategy€andÏcriticize€counselððs€tactics.€€òòHellard€v.€Stateóó,€629€S.W.2d€4,€9€(Tenn.€1982).€€Ð 2 (( ÐÌà ` àFollowing€Petitionerððs€conviction€and€escape,€defense€counsel€filed€a€motionÏfor€new€trial€which€was€denied€in€light€of€the€Petitionerððs€escape.€€Defense€counselÏdid€not€file€a€notice€of€appeal€due€to€the€fact€that€Petitionerððs€escape€resulted€in€aÐ  :À00 Ðwaiver€of€his€right€to€appeal.€€The€remaining€allegations€of€ineffective€assistance€ofÏcounsel€by€virtue€of€counselððs€failure€to€file€appropriate€motions€for€new€trial,Ïrepresent€Petitioner€properly€at€the€sentencing€hearing€and€pursue€or€preserve€theÏright€of€a€direct€appeal€are€without€merit.€€Petitioner€escaped€prior€to€the€time€theÏmotion€for€new€trial€was€filed€and€remained€out€of€the€custody€of€the€State€until€theÏtime€for€a€direct€appeal€had€passed.€€Thus,€he€does€not€show€any€prejudice€from€theÏtrial€counselððs€actions€following€the€trial.€€òòSeeóó€òòLammóó,€slip€op.€at€2;€òòCurtisóó,€909€S.W.2dÐ 0  Ðat€468.€€In€other€words,€no€matter€how€well€any€añ¶ñttorney€would€have€tried€toÏrepresent€Petitioner€on€direct€appeal€after€his€escape,€the€issues€that€could€beÏpresented€would€be€waived€because€of€the€escape€from€custody.ñ¶ññµññ´ñnñ´ññµññ¶ññµñ€ñµññ¶ñÌÌà ` àAs€the€trial€court€noted€within€its€findings€of€fact,€the€ð ðrecord€demonstrates€thatÏdefense€counsel,€an€extraordinarily€experienced€criminal€trial€lawyer,€hadÏcommunication€with€predecessor€defense€counsel;€enjoyed€open€file€discovery€fromÏthe€State,€supplemented€with€the€victimððs€medical€records€requested€and€obtainedÏfrom€the€State;€and€had€access€to€his€client,€who€was€free€on€bond€[prior€to€trial].ðð€Ïñ·ñÌñ·ññ¸ññ·ñÌñ·ññ¸ññ»ñà ` àñ»ñThe€Pñºññ¹ñà ¸ àñ¹ññºñetitioner€has€failed€to€prove€his€allegations€by€a€preponderance€of€theÏevidence,€and€we€affirm€the€trial€courtððs€dismissal€of€the€Petitionerððs€petition€for€post„¼conviction€relief.Ìñ¼ñÌñ¼ñÓ  ÓÌÓÓà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À à____________________________________Ìà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àTHOMAS€T.€WOODALL,€JudgeÌÌñ½ñÌÌñ½ñÌÐ  :À00 ÐCONCUR:ÌÌÌÌ___________________________________ÌGARY€R.€WADE,€Presiding€JudgeÌÌÌ___________________________________ÌJAMES€CURWOOD€WITT,€JR.,€Judge