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XXXXX8XX `   0  (#$  0     $    1    OnMay10,1995,thelegislatureenactedthePost-ConvictionProcedureActof1995, `  whichincludedaoneyearstatuteoflimitationsandlimitedthenumberofpetitionsthatcouldbefiledinanyparticularcase.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.40-30-202(1995).TheTennesseeSupreme 8  Courthasheldthatthenewpostconvictionactdidnotprovidepetitionersforwhomthestatuteoflimitationshadexpiredundertheoldpostconvictionactanyadditionaltimeinwhichtofilepetitionsforpost-convictionrelief.Carter,952S.W.2dat418.   <<$XXXXXXX `   1    OnMay10,1995,thelegislatureenactedthePost-ConvictionProcedureActof1995,which `  includedaoneyearstatuteoflimitationsandlimitedthenumberofpetitionsthatcouldbefiledinanyparticularcase.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.40-30-202(1995).TheTennesseeSupremeCourthasheldthat  | thenewpostconvictionactdidnotprovidepetitionersforwhomthestatuteoflimitationshadexpiredundertheoldpostconvictionactanyadditionaltimeinwhichtofilepetitionsforpost-convictionrelief.Carter,952S.W.2dat418.,cAZ"Arial Regular  ("  XXXX= XX   Ad FILEDXX =   May6,1999  CecilCrowson,Jr.8XXAppellateCourtClerk ,cAZ"Arial Regular  ("  XXXX= XX   Ad FILEDXX =   May5,1999  CecilCrowson,Jr.8XXAppellateCourtClerk ,cAZ"Arial Regular d(3$ !  'dxd'(!)*C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(3$ !  ($$   1  ++' dxdP Pd !  TT` XX# TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7vwXXdd7      `Tr&"<,(j 8` `@Ef ` ttx$,` rT``r&"<,(j 8` `@Ef ` ttx$,` r`TTINTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEEATKNOXVILLEFEBRUARYSESSION,1998  DONALDR.JONES, h   )  C.C.A.NO.03C019706CR00206 `  `     h   ) `  ` AppellIantI,   h   ) X   `     h   ) `     h   )  CARTERCOUNTY X  VS. `     h   )   X   `     h   )  HON.LYNNW.BROWN  X   STATEOFTENNESSEE,   )  JUDGE  X   `     h   )  X  ` AppellJantJKeeK.   h   )  (HabeasCorpusRelief) X      FORTHEAPPELLANT: h     FORTHEAPPELLEE: 8 DONALDR.JONES h     JOHNKNOXWALKUP (  ProSe    h     AttorneyGeneralandReporter  ! CarterCountyAnnex h      " Caller#1    h     ELLENH.POLLACK # RoanMountain,TN37687    AssistantAttorneyGeneral $  `     h     425FifthAvenueNorth `     h     Nashville,TN372430493 `     h     DAVIDCROCKETT `     h     DistrictAttorneyGeneral `     h     KENNETHC.BALDWIN `     h     AssistantDistrictAttorney `     h     CarterCountyJusticeCenter `     h     Elizabethton,TN37643OPINIONFILED________________________AFFIRMEDJERRYL.SMITH,JUDGE  x5,-F   p# OPINION ## p # `    7vwXXdXXd7@. ` OnFebruary10,1997,AppellantDonaldR.JonesfiledapetitionforhabeascorpusreliefintheCarterCountyCriminalCourt.OnFebruary25,1997,thetrialcourtdismissedthepetitionbecauseitfailedtostateaclaimuponwhichreliefcouldbegranted.Appellantchallengesthedismissalofhispetition.Afterareviewoftherecord,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt.@!!' I.BACKGROUND  D  ` OnJanuary9,1969,Appellantwasconvictedoffirstdegreemurderandwasgivenaninetynineyearsentence.AppellantappealedandthisCourtreversedAppellantsconvictionbasedonerroneousjuryinstructions.OnApril22,1970,Appellantpledguiltytofirstdegreemurderandwasgivenalifesentence.Appellantdidnotappealthisconvictionorsentence. ` AppellantfiledhispetitionforhabeascorpusreliefonFebruary10,1997,allegingthathewasthevictimofprosecutorialandjudicialvindictiveness.Specifically,Appellantclaimedthathewasthevictimofprosecutorialvindictivenessbecausetheassistantprosecutorwasarelativeofthevictim.AppellantallegesthetrialjudgewasvindictivebecauseAppellantreceivedalongersentenceafterasuccessfulappeal. ` ThetrialcourtdismissedthepetitiononFebruary25,1997,becausehabeascorpusreliefisonlyavailablewhenitappearsonthefaceofthe T9/1 recordthatthecourtwaswithoutjurisdictiontoconvictorsentenceadefendantorthatthesentencehadexpired.ThetrialcourtalsoconcludedthatalthoughAppellantsclaimswouldbeappropriatefordeterminationifhispetitionwasconsideredtobeapetitionforpostconvictionrelief,Appellantwouldstillnotbeentitledtoanyreliefbecausehisclaimswerebarredbythestatuteoflimitations.@" II.HABEASCORPUSRELIEF  H  ` Itiswell-establishedinTennesseethathabeascorpusreliefisonlyavailablewhenaconvictionisvoidbecausetheconvictingcourtwaswithoutjurisdictionorauthoritytosentenceadefendant,orthatadefendantssentencehasexpiredandthedefendantisbeingillegallyrestrained.Archerv. %p State,851S.W.2d157,164(Tenn.1993);Johnsv.Bowlen,942S.W.2d544, 'x 546(Tenn.Crim.App.1996).AsthisCourthaspreviouslystated:0 ` Ajudgmentofacourtofgeneraljurisdictionispresumedtobevalid.Thispresumptionissaidtobeconclusiveunlessthejudgmentisimpeachedbytherecord.Ifthecourtrenderingajudgmenthasjurisdictionoftheperson,thesubject-matter,andhastheauthoritytomakethechallengedjudgment,thejudgmentisvoidable,notvoid;andthejudgmentmaynotbecollaterallyattackedinasuitforhabeascorpusrelief. ` T$` T$ ZPassarellav.State,891S.W.2d619,627(Tenn.Crim.App.1994)(citations 4** omitted).  8..  ` Appellantspetitionforhabeascorpusreliefsimplydoesnotcontainany allegationthatthesentencingcourtwaswithoutjurisdictiontoaccepthisguiltypleaortosentencehimneitheristhereanyallegationthathissentencehasexpired.Indeed,nothingintherecordwouldsupportanysuchallegations.Here,Appellantsclaimsthathewasthevictimofprosecutorialandjudicialvindictivenessamountatmosttoanassertionthatthejudgmentwasvoidable,notthatthejudgmentwasvoid.Therefore,QPTPQRtRSTShetrialcourtcorrectlydeterminedthatAppellanthadfailedtoeitherallegeorpresentagroundthatwascognizableinasuitforhabeascorpusrelief.@ll  III.POSTCONVICTIONRELIEF  P  ` Initially,wenotethatthetrialcourtproperlydeterminedwhetherAppellantwouldhavebeenentitledtoreliefifhispetitionforhabeascorpusreliefwastreatedasapetitionforpost-convictionrelief.SeeTenn.CodeAnn. %p 4030205(c)(1997);Fredrickv.State,906S.W.2d927,929(Tenn.Crim. 'x App.1993). ` WealsoconcludethatthetrialcourtproperlydeterminedthatAppellantwouldnothavebeenentitledtoreliefevenifhispetitionwastreatedasapetitionforpostconvictionrelief.AtthetimeofAppellantsguiltypleaandsentencingin1970,therewasnolimitationastowhenapostconvictionpetitioncouldbefiled.However,in1986,TheTennesseeLegislatureenacted astatuteoflimitationswhichstatedthat 8.. 0 ` Aprisonerincustodyundersentenceofacourtofthisstatemust petitionforpost-convictionreliefunderthischapterwithinthree(3)yearsofthedateofthefinalactionofthehigheststateappellatecourttowhichanappealistakenorconsiderationofsuchpetitionshallbebarred. ` T$` T$ Tenn.CodeAnn.4030102(1986)(effectiveJuly1,1986).Thisnewlimitationsperiodappliedtoexistingcausesprospectivelyfromtheeffectivedateofthestatute.Carterv.State,952S.W.2d417,418(Tenn.1997); 902 Abstonv.State,749S.W.2d487,488(Tenn.Crim.App.1988).Because `  Appellantsconvictionandsentencebecamefinalin1970,thestatuteoflimitationsexpiredinAppellantscaseonJuly1,1989.C CC C  #  1      ׀Therefore,thetrial @  courtcorrectlydeterminedthatevenifAppellantspetitionwasconsideredtobeapostconvictionpetition,hewouldnotbeentitledtoreliefbecausehisclaimswerebarredbythestatuteoflimitations. ` Accordingly,thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisAFFIRMED. `     h   ____________________________________ `     h   JERRYL.SMITH,JUDGECONCUR:___________________________________THOMAST.WOODALL,JUDGE___________________________________WILLIAMB.ACREE,OSENIOROJUDGE