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ÔÔ€.ÔÑ ` ÑÑ Ü ÑÒ 4 ÒÒ X ÒÑ\R AØ'\ÑÓÓÝ  ÝÑ7€fjXdìdÈ7ÑÑ  ÑÔ€/ÔÙ€'ÙßR€231A1-j|` ´- `€€@ÿRß›Þ ÞÌà@ àòòIN€THE€COURT€OF€CRIMINAL€APPEALS€OF€TENNESSEEóóÌà@ àòòAT€KNOXVILLE€óóÌà@ àJUNE€1996€SESSIONÌÌJAMES€JACKIE€JONES,à àà àœà à*›à àC.C.A.€#€03C01„9502„CR„00236€Ìà àœà àAppellant,›à àà àà à*à àMCMINN€COUNTYÌVS.à àà àà àà àà àœà à*›à àHon.€Mayo€Mashburn,€JudgeÌCHARLES€L.€NOLES,€œWARDEN,à à*›à à(Habeas€Corpus)Ìœà à›à àœAppellee.›à àà àœà à*›ÌÌòòFor€Appellant:óóà àà àœà à›à àà àòòFor€Appellee:óóÌÓÓJames€Jackie€Jones,€Pro€Seà àœà à›à àCharles€W.€BursonÌCold€Creek€Correctional€Facilityà àà àœà àAttorney›€General€&€ReporterÌP.O.€Box€œ1000à à›ÌHenning,€TN€€œ38041à à›à àà àà àHunt€S.€BrownÌà àà àà àà àœà à›à àà àAssistant€Attorney€GeneralÌà àà àà àà àà àœà à›à à450€James€Robertson€ParkwayÌà àà àà àà àà àà àœà àNashville,›€TN€€37243„0493à àà àà àÌœà à›à àà àà àà àà àà àJerry€œN.›€EstesÌà àœà à›à àà àà àà àà àDistrict€Attorney€GeneralÌà àà àœà à›à àà àà àà à10th€Judicial€DistrictÌà àà àà àœà à›à àà àà àMadison€AvenueÌà àà àà àà àœà à›à àà àAthens,€TN€€37303à àÌà àà àà àà àà àà àÌÌOPINION€FILED:_____________________ÌÌÌÌÌAFFIRMEDÌÌÌÌÌGARY€R.€WADE,€JUDGEÇÓÓò òòòÓ  ÓOPINIONóóó óÌÓ  Óà àà àThe€pro€se€petitioner,€James€Jackie€Jones,€appeals€the€trial€courtððsÏdenial€of€his€petition€for€writ€of€habeas€corpus.€€The€sole€issue€presented€for€reviewÏis€whether€the€dismissal€was€proper.€€We€hold€that€it€was€and€affirm€the€judgment€ofÏthe€trial€court.€ÌÌà àà àOn€August€25,€1977,€the€petitioner€was€convicted€of€armed€robberyÏand€given€a€life€sentence.€€His€conviction€and€sentence€were€affirmed€on€directÏappeal€to€this€court.€€òòJasper€Jones,€a/k/a/€Jack€Jones,€James€Jackie€Jones,€andÏGary€William€Holt€v.€Stateóó,€No.€85€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,€at€Knoxville,€March€2,€1979).€ÏOur€supreme€court€denied€review€on€July€2,€1979.€€In€1985,€the€petitioner€filed€aÏfederal€petition€for€writ€of€habeas€corpus,€alleging€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel.€ÏIn€denying€relief,€Judge€Thomas€Hull€observed€that€the€issue€of€effective€assistanceÏof€counsel€had€been€resolved€on€direct€appeal€and€that€the€record€"¢support[ed£]€theÏAppellate€Courtððs€decision"€to€deny€relief€on€that€ground.€€òòJackie€Jones€v.€State,ÏMichael€Dutton,€Wardenóó,€No.€¢CIV£„2„85„266,€slip€op.€at€2€(¢E.D.Tenn£.,€NortheasternÏDivision,€Nov.€27,€1985).€€The€petitioner€subsequently€filed€a€petition€for€post„conviction€relief,€which€challenged€certain€jury€instructions;€that€petition€was€deniedÏand€this€court€affirmed.€€òòJasper€¢Alonza£€(Jack)€Jones€v.€Stateóó,€No.€144,€(Tenn.€¢Crim£.ÏApp.,€March€11,€1987).€€€€The€supreme€court€denied€petitioner's€application€forÍpermission€to€appeal€on€May€2,€1988.ÌÌà àà àThe€petitioner€filed€this€petition€for€writ€of€habeas€corpus€on€May€26,Ï1994,¢£¢£€claiming€he€was€denied€the€right€to€counsel€during€his€trial.€€Petitioner€alsoÏalleges€that€he€cannot€read€or€write.€€The€trial€judge€dismissed€the€petition€becauseÏit€did€not€allege€that€the€judgment€was€void€or€that€the€petitionerððs€sentence€hadÏexpired.€€Also,€considering€the€petition€as€one€for€post„conviction€relief,€the€trialÏcourt€ruled€the€grounds€were€previously€determined€and€that€the€petition€had€beenÏfiled€outside€the€statute€of€limitations.€€We€must€agree.× ƒ4 ××  ×€€€€€€€à àà àÌà àà àÌà àà àInitially,€we€note€that€the€habeas€corpus€remedy€in€this€state€is€limited.€€ÏThe€writ€may€be€granted€only€where€a€petitioner€has€established€lack€of€jurisdictionÏfor€the€order€of€confinement€or€that€he€is€otherwise€entitled€to€immediate€releaseÏbecause€of€the€expiration€of€his€sentence.€€€œòòSeeóó€¢òòUssery€v.€Averyóó,€£432›€¢S.W.2d£€656Ï(Tenn.€1968);€òòState€ex€rel.€Wade€v.€¢Norvellóó£,€443€¢S.W.2d£€839€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.Ï1969).€€€If,€however,€a€petitioner€attempts€to€set€aside€a€conviction€because€of€theÍabridgement€of€a€constitutional€right,€the€petitioner€must€use€the€Post„ConvictionÏProcedure€Act.€€œ¢òòLuttrell£›€v.€Stateóó,€644€¢S.W.2d£€408€(¢Tenn.€Crim.€App£.€1982);€òòseeóóÏTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„30„105€(repealed€1995).ÌÌà àà àWhile€there€is€a€three„year€statute€of€limitations€upon€actions€forÏpost„conviction€relief,€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„30„102€(repealed€1995),œ× ƒ5 ××  ×›€habeasÏcorpus€has€no€statutory€period€of€limitations.€€€A€petitioner€may€not,€however,€file€aÏhabeas€corpus€action€as€a€means€of€circumventing€the€statute€of€limitationsÏcontained€in€the€Post„Conviction€Procedure€Act.€€òòSeeóó€òòPotts€v.€Stateóó,€833€S.W.2dÏ60,€62€(Tenn.€1992).€€ÌÌà àà àHabeas€corpus€relief€is€available€in€this€state€only€when€it€appears€onÏthe€face€of€the€judgment€or€the€record€that€the€trial€court€was€without€jurisdiction€toÏconvict€or€sentence€the€defendant€or€that€the€sentence€of€imprisonment€hasÏotherwise€expired.€€€òòArcher€v.€Stateóó,€851€¢S.W.2d£€157,€164€(Tenn.€1993);€òò¢Potts£€v.ÏStateóó,€833€¢S.W.2d£€at€62.€€€ÌÌà àà àThis€action€seeks€to€set€aside€the€prior€convictions€based€upon€theÍfailure€of€counsel€to€adequately€represent€the€petitioner.€€We€view€that€as€an€attackÏupon€a€voidable€rather€than€a€void€judgment.€€òòSeeóó€¢£òòPassarella€v.€Stateóó,€891€S.W.2dÏ619,€627„28€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1994).€€The€writ€of€habeas€corpus€is€available€onlyÏupon€an€expiration€of€the€sentence€or€a€showing€of€deficiency€on€the€face€of€theÏjudgment.€€Neither€has€been€shown€here.€ÌÌà àà àTreating€the€petition€as€one€for€post„conviction€relief,€we€mustÏconclude€first,€that€the€asserted€ground€for€relief€has€been€previously€determinedÏand,€second,€that€the€petition€was€filed€outside€the€statute€of€limitations.€€"A€groundÏfor€relief€is€'previously€determined'€if€a€court€of€competent€jurisdiction€has€ruled€onÏthe€merits€after€a€full€and€fair€hearing."€€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„30„112(a)€(repealedÏ1995).€€The€petitioner€has€litigated€his€claim€of€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel€notÏonly€on€direct€appeal€but€in€a€federal€habeas€corpus€petition€as€well;€neither€courtÏfound€merit€to€the€claim.€€ÌÌà àà àThe€Post„Conviction€Procedure€Act€provides€that€a€petition€for€relief,Ïirrespective€of€the€remedy€sought,€must€be€filed€"within€three€years€of€the€date€ofÏthe€final€action€of€the€highest€state€appellate€court€to€which€an€appeal€is€taken...."€Ï¢Tenn.€Code£€Ann.€ðð€40„30„102€(repealed€1995).€€This€petition€was€not€filed€untilÏMay€26,€1994,€and€the€trial€court€properly€held€that€it€was€well€outside€theÍlimitations€period.€€òòSeeóó€òòState€v.€St.€Johnóó,€751€S.W.2d€453€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1988).€€ÌÌà àà àMoreover,€the€petitioner€has€not€alleged€any€reason€why€the€statute€ofÏlimitations€would€not€apply€to€his€claim.€€In€òòBurford€v.€Stateóó,€845€S.W.2d€204,Ï208„09€(Tenn.€1992),€our€supreme€court€carved€out€a€narrow€exception€to€theÏthree„year€statute;€it€held€that€the€statute€may€not€apply€to€grounds€which€mightÏhave€arisen€after€the€expiration€of€the€limitation€period.€œ›€The€petition€here,€however,Ïdoes€not€identify€any€ground€which€might€have€arisen€subsequent€to€the€expirationÏof€the€statute€of€limitations.€€We€will€attempt€to€explain.ÌÌà àà àIn€the€habeas€corpus€petition,€the€petitioner€does€not€specificallyÏallege€a€reason€why€the€òòBurfordóó€exception€would€apply.€€He€has,€however,Ïpresented€several€affidavits€attesting€to€his€illiteracy.€€Apparently,€he€has€includedÏthis€information€to€explain€why€he€has€not€filed€his€petition€in€a€timely€fashion.€€ThatÏdoes€not€qualify€as€an€exception€to€the€statute€of€limitations.€€In€òòBernard€Nelson€v.ÏStateóó,€No.€01C01„9212„CC„00375,€slip€op.€at€2,€4€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,€at€Nashville,ÏNov.€18,€1993),€our€court€held€that€"illiteracy,€ignorance,€and€difficulty€in€obtainingÏassistance€while€incarcerated"€does€not€toll€the€statute€of€limitations.ÌÌà à€à àAlthough€it€is€"rarely€proper"€to€dismiss€a€pro€se€petition€without€theÍappointment€of€counsel,€that€may€be€done€when€it€can€"be€conclusivelyÏdetermined"€that€no€relief€is€available.€€€òòSwanson€v.€Stateóó,€749€¢S.W.2d£€731,€734Ï(Tenn.€1988).€€€That€is€the€case€here.ÌÌà àà àAccordingly,€the€judgment€is€affirmed.ÌÌà àÓÓà àà àà àà àà à__________________________________Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àGary€R.€Wade,€JudgeÌÌCONCUR:ÌÌÌÌ______________________________ÌJoe€B.€Jones,€Presiding€JudgeÌÌÌÌ_______________________________ÌÓÓPaul€G.€Summers,€Judge