WPC 1U: % 0w@4.= 0 E 0De 0JU@e3 0T4 0^ 0h 0N 0rF  0|~ 0 AQ 0D 0 1u 0d B~ 0@ D3U * D/8B)g BDC AM=v~vF,  AZ"Arial RegularX(`$TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7GXXdXXd7  45E67E89 e:;P<Ӏ=zz!( B3|x=((3$ `!TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7XXdd7    `   0  (#$  0  2 0Indent123  `(ZapfCalligr BTTT2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  (38t$ `!TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7XXdd7   2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  ԃLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 52J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  $(C<< C($$   1  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23    ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X d("$    'dxd<  9p`(Arial**' dxd% Line 7 dP Pd))))7Border 1dd$+C << G  !  #d#'    ! \RA'\#d#   "  '   eee FILED'X '"US ,   !  'X CecilCrowson,Jr.   ' eee AppellateCourtClerk   X  !#d#'     \RA'\#d#   '     Thesedecisionssetforthathreestepprocesstodeterminewhetherthestrictapplicationofthethreeyearlimitationsperiodviolatesone'sdueprocessrights.PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva ! . '     \RA'\#Xd##Xd#   @ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@ ATJACKSON@ NOVEMBERSESSION,1996 LARRYDARNELLLAKE ,  )     ) No.02C019512CC00378 Appellant   )     ) HARDEMANCOUNTYvs.     )̜R,-+A1-j|  `@Rߛ     ) Hon.JonKerryBlackwood,Judge STATEOFTENNESSEE ,  )     ) (PostConviction) Appellee   ) W.BROWNHAWLEY,II   THOMASV.VENTIMIGLIA TERESAMcCAIGMARSHALL  117EastWoodStreet308W.WashingtonSt.    Paris,TN38242Paris,TN38242     AttorneyforAppelleeAttorneysforAppellant OPINIONFILED:򀀀 AFFIRMED DavidG.INMAN Judge@  OPINION  Theappellant,LarryDarnellLake,pledguilty,onMay9,1988,totwocountsofarmedrobbery.Subsequently,theHardemanCountyCircuitCourtsentencedtheappellanttofortyyearsimprisonmentoneachcounttorunconcurrently.Nodirectappealwastaken.OnApril29,1989,theappellanttimelyfiledapetitionforpostconvictionreliefallegingineffectiveassistanceofcounsel.Thetrialcourtdismissedthepetition.OnJanuary18,1995,theappellantfiledasecondpostconvictionpetitionallegingtheineffectivenessofpostconvictioncounsel.Thispetitionwasdismissedastimebarred.Theappellantnowappealsthisdismissal. Weagreewiththetrialcourt'sfindingthattheapplicablethreeyearstatuteoflimitationsbarredtheappellant'spetition.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030102(1986Supp.)(repealed).Inadditiontotheexpirationofthelimitationsperiod,theappellantfailstoallegeacognizablegroundforpostconvictionrelief.Postconvictionreliefmayonlybegrantedwhentheconvictionorsentenceisvoidorvoidablebecauseofanabridgementofaconstitutionalright.Overtonv.State,874S.W.2d6,11(Tenn.1994)(citationsomitted).Theappellant'spetitionallegesineffectivenessofpostconvictioncounsel.Thereisnoconstitutionalrighttotheeffectiveassistanceofcounselinpostconvictionproceedings.SeePennsylvaniav.Finley,481U.S.551,554555,107S.Ct.1990,1993(1987);Housev.State,911S.W.2d705,711(Tenn.1995),cert.denied,U.S.,116S.Ct.1685(1996).Assuch,theappellant'srelianceuponBurfordv.State,845S.W.2d204(Tenn.1992),andSandsv.State,903S.W.2d297(Tenn.1995),ismisplaced. .   ׀Weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt.     ____________________________________     DAVIDG.HAYES,JudgeCONCUR:__________________________GARYR.WADE,Judge__________________________WILLIAMM.BARKER,Judge