WPC= 4#  % 0(w@!4auU:U: 0l 0Dl D3 0J 0T- 0^ 0h 0rG 0| 05 0 1uK 0d AM$ q U*w B) DC AM BZ AOw  0D 0X 0D( D/l B4v~vjHP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLh X($ lDmnoEpqKerEstuӀ 3|x,  AZ"Arial Regular"Arial Regular((3$ !      0  (#$  0  (((('dxd2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X*,$C << G !  #d#"  "   YYY FILED"X September2,1997CecilCrowson,Jr."AppellateCourtClerk <  9p`(Arial% Line 7 d####7Border 1dd*,$C << G d*,-/C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(3$ !  (0"$       ($$   2  00' dxdP Pd * !#d#"    X      "Priortotheenactmentofthe1986PostConvictionProcedureAct,nostatuteoflimitationsforpostconvictionapplicationsexisted.PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva ! . "  ݛ         X \RA'\\RA'\  \RA'\\RA'\7 _ XXdd7    ќR !$A1-j|`  `@Rߛ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEEATNASHVILLÈJUNE1997SESSION  JERRYW.HARDIN,   ) NO.01C019607CC00326       ) Appellant    ) HUMPHREYSCOUNTY      ) V.      ) HON.ROBERTE.BURCH,JUDGE      )STATEOFTENNESSEE,   ) (PostConviction)      ) Appellee    )      )FORTHEAPPELLANT    FORTHEAPPELLEEShippR.Weems     JohnKnoxWalkupDistrictPublicDefender    AttorneyGeneralandReporterP.O.Box160     450JamesRobertsonParkwayCharlotte,Tennessee37036   Nashville,Tennessee372430493  RobertH.Stovall,Jr.    EugeneJ.Honea   AssistantPublicDefender    AssistantAttorneyGeneralP.O.Box160     450JamesRobertsonParkwayCharlotte,Tennessee37036   Nashville,Tennessee372430493  (appealonly)    DanMitchumAlsobrooks       DistrictAttorneyGeneral       P.O.Box580       Charlotte,Tennessee370360580       GeorgeSexton       AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral       HumphreyCountyCourthouse       Waverly,Tennessee37185OPINIONFILED:______AFFIRMEDWilliamM.Barker,Judge  Opinion   TheAppellant,JerryW.Hardin,appealsasofrighttheHumphreysCountyCircuitCourtsdismissalofhispetitionforpostconvictionrelief.In1977,theAppellantwasconvictedofrobberywithadeadlyweaponand,pursuanttoapleaagreementwiththeState,wassentencedtotenyearsincarcerationintheTennesseeDepartmentofCorrection. InSeptember,1992,morethanfiveyearsaftertherobberysentenceexpired,theAppellantwassentencedforpossessionofafirearmbyaconvictedfelonintheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtfortheWesternDistrictofTennessee.TheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtusedtherobberyconvictiontoenhancetheAppellantssentence.TheAppellantfiledthispetitionforpostconvictionrelieftooverturntheHumphreyCountyrobberyconvictioninordertohavehissentenceinthefederalpenitentiaryreduced.OnApril3,1996,withoutanevidentiaryhearing,thetrialcourtdismissedthepetition,rulingthatitwasbarredbythestatuteoflimitations. PursuanttothenowrepealedPostConvictionProcedureAct,thestatuteoflimitationapplicabletotheAppellantspostconvictionclaimswasthreeyears. 1   ׀Tenn.CodeAnn.4030102(repealed1995).ThatthreeyearperiodbeganrunningonJuly1,1986,theeffectivedateofthestatute.ThelastdayonwhichtheAppellantcouldhavefiledsuchapetitionwasinJulyof1989.Seee.g.Statev.Mullins,767S.W.2d668,669(Tenn.Crim.App.1988);Smithv.State,757S.W.2d683,685(Tenn.Crim.App.1988);Statev.ϜMasucci,754S.W.2d90,91(Tenn.Crim.App.1988);Abstonv.State,749S.W.2d487,488(Tenn.Crim.App.1988).TheAppellantspetitionwasfiledinMarchof1996,morethansixyearsafterthestatuteexpired.Consequently,thetrialcourtproperlydismissedtheAppellantspetition. AnycontentionbytheAppellantthatthenewPostConvictionProcedureAct,effectiveMay10,1995,providedhimwithaoneyearwindowofopportunitywithinwhichtofilehispostconvictionpetitionismeritless.SimilarattemptstocircumventthestatuteoflimitationsinthismannerhavebeenpreviouslyrejectedbypanelsofthisCourt.SeeRoyBarnettv.State,C.C.A.No.03C019512CV00394(Tenn.Crim.App.,Knoxville,Feb.20,1997);StephenKoprowskiv.State,C.A.A.No.03C019511CC00365(Tenn.Crim.App.,Knoxville,Jan.28,1997);JohnnyL.Butlerv.State,C.C.A.No.02C019509CR00289(Tenn.Crim.App.,Jackson,Dec.2,1996).ButseeArnoldCarterv.State,C.C.A.No.03C019509CC00270(Tenn.Crim.App.,Knoxville,July11,1996). Accordingly,thetrialcourtsdismissaloftheAppellantspetitionforpostconvictionreliefisaffirmed.      __________________________      WILLIAMM.BARKER,JUDGECONCUR:_____________________________JOEB.JONES,PRESIDINGJUDGE_____________________________THOMAST.WOODALL,JUDGE