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X=XXX &K&X X=   `   0  ,  AZ"Arial Regular EDDDӀx%3|x X XXX  XX   Ad FILED     January21,1999  CecilCrowson,Jr.' AppellateCourt  Clerk ,cAZ"Arial Regular d%%%%'dxd(3$ !  -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd !  ` lXXCYlTR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7XXdd7      r*<,(j 8 `@E<f  tt0"t` rߛINTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE `  ATKNOXVILLENOVEMBERSESSION,1998  GROVERLIVESAY, h   )  C.C.A.NO.03C019709CC00381 `  `     h   )  `  ` Appellant,   h   ) `   `     h   ) `     h   )  HAMBLENCOUNTY `  VS. `     h   )   `   `     h   )  HON.JAMESE.BECKNER,  `   STATEOFTENNESSEE,   )  JUDGE  `  `     h   )  `  ` Appellee.   h   )  (PostConviction)  `    ONAPPEALFROMTHEJUDGMENTOFTHE P CRIMINALCOURTOFHAMBLENCOUNTY  P   FORTHEAPPELLANT: h     FORTHEAPPELLEE: @  GROVERLIVESAY h     JOHNKNOXWALKUP 0" ProSe    h     AttorneyGeneralandReporter (# P.O.Box5000MountainCity,TN37683    ELLENH.POLLACK %  `     h     AssistantAttorneyGeneral `     h     425FifthAvenueNorth `     h     Nashville,TN37243 `     h     C.BERKELEYBELL `     h     DistrictAttorneyGeneral `     h     JOHNDUGGER `     h     AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral `     h     510AllisonStreet `     h     Morristown,TN37814OPINIONFILED________________________AFFIRMEDDAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGE  7 ./   CY 7 dXXd7OPINION CY `     ` TheDefendant,GroverLivesay,appealsthetrialcourtsdismissalofhispetitionforpostconvictionrelief.Defendanthaspreviouslyfiledapostconvictionpetition,andthisCourtaffirmeditsdismissalbytheCriminalCourtforHamblenCounty.GroverLivesayv.State,No.03C019707CR00244,1998WL128853   (Tenn.Crim.App.,Knoxville,Mar.24,1998).BecausethecurrentpetitionisasecondpetitionforpostconvictionreliefratherthanapetitiontoreopenDefendantspreviouslydismissedpetitionforpostconvictionrelief,weaffirmthetrialcourtsdismissalbelow.TennesseesPostConvictionProcedureActstates:8 `  Thispartcontemplatesthefilingofonlyone(1)petitionforpostconvictionrelief.Innoeventmaymorethanone(1)petitionforpostconvictionreliefbefiledattackingasinglejudgment....Apetitionermaymovetoreopenapostconvictionproceedingthathasbeenconcluded,underthelimitedcircumstancessetoutin4030217.i ` !` ! Tenn.CodeAnn.4030202(c). ` Furthermore,werewetoconstrueDefendantscurrentpetitionasapetitiontoreopenhispreviouspetition,wewouldneverthelessberequiredbystatutetoaffirmitsdismissal.Ifapetitiontoreopenisdeniedbythetrialcourt, thepetitionershallhaveten(10)daystofileanapplicationinthecourtofcriminalappealsseekingpermissiontoappeal.Id.4030217(c).Inthiscase,thetrial 0&' courtdismissedDefendantssecondpetitiononAugust19,1997.First,Defendantfiledanoticeofappealratherthananapplicationforpermissiontoappeal.Second,evenifweweretoconstruethenoticeofappealasanapplicationforpermissiontoappeal,thenoticewasfiledonSeptember4,1997,outsidethetendaydeadlineforfilinganapplicationforpermissiontoappeal. 9V01 Ї ` Finally,evenifDefendanthadfiledapetitiontoreopenwiththetrialcourtandatimelyapplicationforpermissiontoappealtothisCourt,wewouldneverthelesshavebeenrequiredbystatutetorefusetheapplication.AccordingtoTennesseeCodeAnnotated4030217,thisCourt shallnotgranttheapplication[forpermissiontoappealapetitiontoreopen]unlessitappearsthatthetrialcourtabuseditsdiscretionindenyingthemotion.Id.4030217(c).    ` Apetitionermayfiletoreopenapreviouspostconvictionpetitioninonlythefollowingcircumstances:(1)theclaimis baseduponafinalrulingofanappellatecourtestablishingaconstitutionalrightthatwasnotrecognizedasexistingatthetimeoftrial,ifretrospectiveapplicationofthatrightisrequired;(2)theclaimis baseduponnewscientificevidenceestablishingthatsuchpetitionerisactuallyinnocentoftheconvictedoffenseoroffenses;or(3)theclaimseeksrelieffromasentencethatwasenhancedbecauseofapreviousconvictionandthat previousconvictionhassubsequentlybeenheldtobeinvalid.Id.4030 $  217(a)(1),(2),(3).Furthermore,aftersatisfyingoneoftheabovecircumstances,apetitionermustalsoshowthat thefactsunderlyingtheclaim,iftrue,wouldestablishbyclearandconvincingevidencethatthepetitionerisentitledtohavetheconvictionsetasideorthesentencereduced.Id.4030217(a)(4). @,"$ ̀ ` Thetrialcourt,initsorderofdismissal,notedthat [n]oreasonisgivenfor  0&( failuretoincludethepresentgroundsinthefirstpetitionforpostconvictionrelief.TennesseeCodeAnnotated4030217.Wehaveexaminedthesecondpetitionforpostconvictionrelief,andwefindnofactstendingtoestablishoneofthethreegroundsrecitedabovewhichwouldpermitfilingofapetitiontoreopen. 9p02 Ї ` Forthesereasons,wecannotconcludethatthetrialjudgecourterredorabusedϜitshisdiscretionbydismissingDefendantspetition.Therefore,weaffirmthedecisionofthetrialcourt.   `  `     h   ____________________________________ `     h   DAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGECONCUR:___________________________________̜JOHNAMESCURWOODWITT,JR.,JUDGE___________________________________̜L.T.LAFFERTY,SENIORJUDGE