WPC$ Vv 72eVҕ)N"9U_9G,d.jWW,$DvI+`ZX.I 5a_Օ |Hj"m3a$$)hK+(p}Bn:xȦW/i͞ش,upo׾ &uF)?y'ĈFtIrjch(':w"y| di==J VԀInhisstatementoffacts,thepetitionerbrieflymentionsineffectiveassistanceofcounseland `  unlawfulclosingargumentsbyaspecialprosecutorbutdoesnotarguetheseissuesinthebodyofhisbrief.(8(2$ !  X P   0  (#$  0  ,  AZ"Arial Regular,  AZ"Arial Regular |  $X P   3    ݛ1XXXX1^X1XԀ^1^ ^^ԜCaruthersv.State,814S.W.2d64,6970(Tenn.Crim.App.1991);Smithv.State,No. `  02C019801CR00018,1998WL899362,at*4(Tenn.Crim.App.atJackson,December28,1998);Colemanv.State,No.02C019611CR00395,1998WL858537,at*5(Tenn.Crim.App.atTucson,   December4,1998);Caldwellv.State,No.02C019711CC00446,1998WL775685,at*3(Tenn.  X Crim.App.atJackson,November9,1998);Mandelav.State,No.01C019610CR00459,1998WL   511133,at*7(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,August20,1998).#^ ^#,  AZ"Arial Regular,cAZ"Arial Regular l  $X P   1    XX>ԀOnApril11,1997,thetrialcourtallowedthepetitionertosubmitanamendedpetitionfor `  postconvictionrelieftoexplainthegroundsforreliefhearguedattheevidentiaryhearing.,  AZ"Arial Regular R  $X P   4     XXXX ^X XԀTheStatereliesupontwoenhancementfactors.First,theStateintroducedevidenceofthe `  petitioners1985burglaryconvictionandhis1986burglaryofanautomobileconviction.SeeTenn. (  CodeAnn.4035114(1)(1990).Second,theStaterelieduponthepetitionersuseofafirearminthecommissionofhisoffense.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035114(9)(1990). XXXX XX   Ad FILED     August12,1999  CecilCrowson,Jr.  AppellateCourt  Clerk ,cAZ"Arial Regular l  $X P   1    lXXnlԀOnApril11,1997,thetrialcourtallowedthepetitionertosubmitanamendedpetitionfor `  postconvictionrelieftoexplainthegroundsforreliefhearguedattheevidentiaryhearing.'r Z 6Times New Roman Regular,  AZ"Arial Regular,  AZ"Arial Regular   $X P   2    lXXnlԀInhisstatementoffacts,thepetitionerbrieflymentionsineffectiveassistanceofcounseland `  unlawfulclosingargumentsbyaspecialprosecutorbutdoesnotarguetheseissuesinthebodyofhisbrief.'r Z 6Times New Roman Regular,  AZ"Arial Regular d |  $X P   3    ݛ!XkXXX!nX1XkԀ"n1n#nnԜCaruthersv.State,814S.W.2d64,6970(Tenn.Crim.App.1991);Smithv.State,No. `  02C019801CR00018,1998WL899362,at*4(Tenn.Crim.App.atJackson,December28,1998);Colemanv.State,No.02C019611CR00395,1998WL858537,at*5(Tenn.Crim.App.atTucson,   December4,1998);Caldwellv.State,No.02C019711CC00446,1998WL775685,at*3(Tenn.  X Crim.App.atJackson,November9,1998);Mandelav.State,No.01C019610CR00459,1998WL   511133,at*7(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,August20,1998).#"n n#,  AZ"Arial Regular,  AZ"Arial Regular,  AZ"Arial Regular R  $X P   4    %X(XXX%~X X(ԀTheStatereliesupontwoenhancementfactors.First,theStateintroducedevidenceofthe `  petitioners1985burglaryconvictionandhis1986burglaryofanautomobileconviction.SeeTenn. (  CodeAnn.4035114(1)(1990).Second,theStaterelieduponthepetitionersuseofafirearminthecommissionofhisoffense.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035114(9)(1990).,  AZ"Arial Regular'dxd(3$ !  ,  AZ"Arial Regular-C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd !  MMMM` X4TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T  X.XXXXXXX.7vXXdXXd7   MMr*<,(j 8 `@Ehf  tt0"` rߛMMINTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE `  @@0ATKNOXVILLE  8   JANUARY1999SESSION      DARRELLFRITTS ,    * D C.C.A.NO.03C019803CR00116 H  APPELLANT,    * D MONROECOUNTY z  ̢VS.   <     * D Hon.DouglasA.Meyer,Judge F  0 4 STATEOFTENNESSEE ,    * D (PostConviction) L    !  T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$   % %  APPELLEE. < #X.XXX#XXXX.    * D      <      D    <     ForAppellant: <      D ForAppellee: H ̢L.DarrenGibson <   ࣢   D JohnKnoxWalkup  AttorneyforAppellant     D AttorneyGeneralandReporter  735BroadStreet,Suite700   D 450JamesRobertsonParkway   Chattanooga,TN37402     D Nashville,TN372430493 !f    <      D MichaelJ.Fahey,II   <      D AssistantAttorneyGeneral x$    <      D CriminalJusticeDivision   <      D 425FifthAvenueNorth,2ndFloor   <      D Nashville,TN37243   <      D JerryN.Estes   <      D DistrictAttorneyGeneral   <      D 203E.MadisonAve.   <      D Athens,TN37303   < OPINIONFILED:____________________AFFIRMEDNORMAMCGEEOGLE,JUDGE#X.XXX# p6-2   7vXXdXXd7 69/5  ЇOPINION  @     OnMay27,1994,thepetitioner,DarrellFritts,filedhissecondpetitionforpostconvictionreliefintheCriminalCourtofMonroeCounty.ThetrialcourtappointedcounselandconductedahearingonMarch12,1997.GMGMGMGM  #  1      ׀OnSeptember  25,1997,thetrialcourtenteredanorderdenyingthepetitionforpostconvictionrelief.Onappeal,thepetitionercontendsthathissentenceviolatestheExPostFactoclausesoftheUnitedStatesandTennesseeConstitutions.GM GMGM GM  #  2      ׀Moreover,the   petitionerarguesthatheshouldbegrantedanewsentencinghearingpursuanttooursupremecourtsdecisioninStatev.Pearson,858S.W.2d879(Tenn.1993). @ Followingareviewoftherecord,weaffirmthedecisionofthetrialcourt.   X.XXX.OnDecember1,1989,thepetitionerwasconvictedbyajuryinthe  MonroeCountyCriminalCourtofseconddegreemurder.OnJanuary19,1990,thetrialcourtsentencedthepetitionerasaRangeIstandardoffendertotwentyfiveyears#X.XX X.# X.XXX.incarcerationintheTennesseeDepartmentofCorrection.Thiscourtaffirmed %  hisconvictiononSeptember25,1992.Statev.DarrellFritts,No.132,1992WL `'  236152(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville),permtoappealdismissed,(Tenn.1993).#X.XX X. # X.XXX.Ԁ @)" Thepetitionerdidnotchallengehissentenceinhisdirectappeal.  OnOctober15,1993,thepetitioner,proceedingprose,filedhisfirstpetitionforpostconvictionrelief,requestingadelayedappealtotheTennesseeSupremeCourt.ThetrialcourtconductedahearingonMay23,1994,andonMay 2@), 27,1994,deniedthepetitionerrelief.Thepetitionerdidnotappealthetrialcourtsdecision.Insteadhefiledthepresentpetition.#XXX X#     Atthepostconvictionhearing,thepetitionersprimaryissuewaswhetheranewsentencinghearingshouldbegrantedonthebasisofPearson,858 `  S.W.2d879.InPearson,858S.W.2dat884,oursupremecourtheldthat: @  8 8 (# (# XXXXinordertocomplywiththeexpostfactoprohibitionsof   theU.S.andTennesseeConstitutions,trialcourtjudgesimposingsentencesaftertheeffectivedateofthe1989statute,forcrimescommittedpriorthereto,mustcalculatetheappropriatesentenceunderboththe1982statuteandthe1989statute,intheirentirety,andthenimposethelesserofthetwo.#XXX X#   Ӏ XXXXMoreover,Tenn.CodeAnn.4035117(b)(1990)providesthatadefendant  sentencedonorafterNovember1,1989foranoffensecommittedpriortotheenactmentofthe1989CriminalSentencingReformActshouldbesentencedunderthe1989Act,unlesssuchisconstitutionallybarred.Inconjunctiontherewith,Tenn.CodeAnn.3911112(1990)providesthat,ifthelegislaturereducesthepenaltyforanoffensebetweenthetimeofcommissionandthetimeofsentencing,adefendantisentitledtothelesserpenalty.8 8 (# (##XXX X#     Thepetitionercommittedtheseconddegreemurderpriortotheenactmentofthe1989SentencingActJM,JMKMKMbutwassentencEMingEMFMedFMafteritseffectivedate.Insentencingthepetitioner,thetrialcourtneglectedtoconsiderthe1982Actandmerelysentencedthepetitionertotwentyfiveyearspursuanttothe1989Act.Therefore,thePearsonrulepotentiallymandatesanewsentencinghearing. `6-0 However,ourinquirydoesnotstophere. @8.2 ЀIMIM  Inordertoobtainpostconvictionrelief,apetitionermustallegethathisconvictionorsentenceisvoidorvoidableduetotheabridgementofaconstitutionalright.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030105(1990).Apostconvictiongroundforreliefis waivedifthepetitionerknowinglyandunderstandinglyfailedtopresentitfordeterminationinanyproceedingbeforeacourtofcompetentjurisdictioninwhichthegroundcouldhavebeenpresented.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030112(b)(1)(1990); XXXXHousev.State,911S.W.2d705,71314(Tenn.1995).FMFM#XXX X!#Thereisarebuttable   presumptionthatagroundforreliefnotraisedinanysuchproceedingFMFMiswaived.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030112(b)(2)(1990).Additionally,ourcourtshaverepeatedlyheldthatwhenapetitionerfailstopresentagroundforreliefinhisfirstpostconvictionproceeding,thatgroundiswaivedforpurposesofanysubsequentpostconvictionproceedings.GM GMGM GM  #  3      כAsoursupremecourtstatedlongago, [t]heremustbea  finalitytoalllitigation,criminalaswellascivil.Arthurv.State,483S.W.2d95,97 !` (Tenn.1972).   Aspreviouslynoted,thepetitionerfiledhisfirstpetitionforpostconvictionreliefonOctober15,1993,requestingadelayedappealtotheTennesseeSupremeCourt.ThePearsondecisionwasfiledonJune14,1993,and  +!$ wasanavailablegroundforrelief. XXXXSeeBurfordv.State,845S.W.2d204(Tenn. -#& 1995).#XXX XN&#ԀTherefore,asaresultofhisfailuretoraise XXXXtheissueinhisfirstpetitionfor .%( postconvictionrelief,#XXX X'#thepetitionerhaswaivedanyexpostfactochallengetohis 0`'* sentence.IMIM 2@), Ї  Inanyevent,evenifthepetitionersexpostfactochallengeisnotwaived,weconcludethatthetrialcourtimposedthelesserofthetwopossiblesentencesunderthe1982Actandthe1989Act.Wetherebyrejectthepetitionersargumentthathecouldhavereceivedalessersentenceunderthe1982ActbecausehedidnotreceivepropernoticeoftheStatesintenttoseekenhancedpunishment. XXXXSeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035202(1990).GMGMGM$GM  #  4      ׀Thepetitionerfailedto `  objecttothelackofnoticeatthe1990sentencinghearingandHMinhisfirstpostconvictionproceedingHM񛀜LMandLMwillnotbeheardtocomplainforthefirsttimeintheseproceedings.#XXX X)# `   Thepetitionerwasconvictedofseconddegreemurder.Tenn.CodeAnn.392211(1982Repl.)Thepunishmentrangeextendedfromimprisonmentforaperiodofnotlessthantenyearstolifeimprisonment.Tenn.CodeAnn.392212(1982Repl.)Furthermore,duetohispriorburglaryconvictions,thepetitionerwouldhavequalifiedasapersistentoffenderunderthe1982Act.Tenn.CodeAnn.4035106(1982Repl.)Accordingly,thepetitionersminimumsentenceunderthe1982Actwouldhavebeenthirtyfiveyears.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035106and `'  Є109(1982Repl.)Clearly,inreceivingatwentyfiveyearsentenceunderthe1989Act,thepetitionerreceivedthebenefitofthelessersentence.  Accordingly,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt.   <  2@),    <      D @M@MAM   <      D AM__________________________________   <      D NormaMcGeeOgle,JudgeCONCUR:______________________________GaryR.Wade,PresidingJudge_______________________________̜BMJamesCurwoodWitt,Jr.BMCMJohnK.ByersCM,DMSeniorDMJudge   D