WPC< 4#  % 0(w@!4auU:U: 0l 0Dl D3 0J 0T- 0^ 0h 0rG 0| 05 0 1uK 0d U*$ B)N DCw AM  B AO( w 0D= 0@ 0D f D/k B4v~viHP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLh X($ UUUUӀ  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<  9p`(Arial% Line 7 d$$$$7Border 1dd*,%C << G !  #d##  #   YYY FILED#X August22,1997CecilCrowson,Jr.#AppellateCourtClerk  d*,-/C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(3$ !  ("$    ($$   2   \\RA'\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'\7 E XXdd7  ќ  *R&'%A1-j|`  `@R INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEEATNASHVILLÈJULY1997SESSION  Ӝ̛JAMESEDWARDHUGHES,  ) NO.01C019605CC00188  a.k.a.LARRYWAYNEHUGHES )      ) Appellant    ) RUTHERFORDCOUNTY      ) V.      ) HON.J.S.DANIEL,JUDGE      )STATEOFTENNESSEE,   ) (PostConviction)      ) Appellee    )      )FORTHEAPPELLANT    FORTHEAPPELLEECherylJ.Skidmore     JohnKnoxWalkup629EastMainStreet    AttorneyGeneralandReporterHendersonville,Tennessee37075  450JamesRobertsonParkwaỳ     Nashville,Tennessee372430493 (appealonly) ̀     EugeneJ.Honea       AssistantAttorneyGeneral       450JamesRobertsonParkway       Nashville,Tennessee372430493         WilliamC.Whitesell       DistrictAttorneyGeneral       JudicialBuilding,thirdfloor       Murfreesboro,Tennessee37130̛̜OPINIONFILED:______.AFFIRMEDWilliamM.Barker,Judge  Opinion   TheAppellant,JamesEdwardHughes,appealsasofrighttheRutherfordCountyCircuitCourtsdismissalofhispetitionforpostconvictionrelief.OnJuly10,1985,theAppellantpledguiltytorobberywiththeuseofadeadlyweapon.OnDecember9,1993,theAppellantwasconvictedofpossessionofafirearmbyaconvictedfelonintheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtfortheMiddleDistrictofTennessee.TheDistrictCourtusedtherobberyconvictiontoenhancetheAppellantssentence.TheAppellantfiledthispostconvictionreliefpetitiontooverturntheRutherfordCountyrobberyconvictioninordertohavehissentenceinthefederalpenitentiaryreduced.OnMarch21,1996,withoutanevidentiaryhearing,thetrialcourtdismissedthepetition,rulingthatitwasbarredbythestatuteoflimitations. PursuanttothenowrepealedPostConvictionProcedureAct,thestatuteoflimitationapplicabletotheAppellantspostconvictionclaimswasthreeyears. 1   כTenn.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.Masucci,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:̛̜__________________________̜JOHNH.PEAY,JUDGE̛̜__________________________̜JERRYL.SMITH,JUDGE