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TDOCw]hereBomarH]abeas t]he2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23  (*,0124H ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` XH$$$$'dxd<  9p`(&Times New Roman% Line 7 dYYYY7Border 1dd<  9p`(Arial&;ZC << G !X  [[   YYY FILED[X September4,1997CecilCrowson,Jr.[AppellateCourtClerk   !#d#X  4   X[ ` ` X      1995Tenn.Pub.Act207providesinpart:8 8 Thisactshalltakeeffectuponbecomingalaw,thepublicwelfarerequiringitandshallgovernallpetitionsforpostconvictionrelieffiledafterthisdate,andanymotionswhichmaybefiledafterthisdatetoreopenpetitionsforpostconvictionreliefwhichwereconcludedpriortotheeffectivedateofthisact.Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionofthisacttothecontrary,anypersonhavingagroundforreliefrecognizedunderthisactshallhaveatleastone(1)yearfromtheeffectivedateofthisacttofileapetitionoramotiontoreopenunderthisact.Id.3(emphasisadded).  Inthiscase,thestatuteoflimitationshadnotexpiredwhenthe1995PostConvictionProcedureActbecameeffective,sothepetitionerhadoneyearfromMay10,1995,tofilehispetition.XXXPtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva (O{$0  2,  a  .3  0` (#(#(bD$0  0` (#(#2,   .3  0 ` (#` (#(x$0  0` (#(#0 ` (#` (#2,(  0  )3  0 (# (#(Ƃ$0  0` (#(#0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#2,(  a  )3  0h(#(#($0  0` (#(#0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#0h(#(#2,(   )3  0h(#h(#(4$0  0` (#(#0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#0h(#(#0h(#h(#2,  0  )3  0(#(#($0  0` (#(#0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#0h(#(#0h(#h(#0(#(#2,  a  )3  0p(#(#&C<< C($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! . X  ݛ `   4   4  X \RA'\Ӝ% L \RA'\[R\]ZA1-j|`  `@R @ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@ ATKNOXVILLE  AUGUST1997SESSION  X ` <DAVIDG.MYERS, *  * Appellant, *VS.  *  *STATEOFTENNESSEE, *  * Appellee.  ` h*  * ` X C.C.A.#03C019612CR00457HAMBLENCOUNTYHon.JamesE.Beckner,Judge(PostConviction)/zхForAppellant:DavidG.Myers,ProSe228811NECCP.O.Box5000MountainCity,TN37683ForAppellee:CharlesW.BursonAttorneyGeneral&ReporterMarvinE.Clements,Jr.AssistantAttorneyGeneralCriminalJusticeDivision450JamesRobertsonParkwayNashville,TN372430493VictorVaughnAssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral510AllisonStreetMorristown,TN37814OPINIONFILED:򀀀AFFIRMEDPERCURIAMǜ7XXdXXd7@ OPINION  Thepetitioner,DavidG.Myers,filedapetitionforpostconvictionreliefonOctober25,1996.Thetrialcourtdismissedthepetitionasbeingbarredbythestatuteoflimitationswithoutappointingcounselorholdinganevidentiaryhearing.Thepetitionernowappealsasofrightthedismissalofhispetition.Weaffirm.  Uponthepetitioner'spleaofguilttorape,afinaljudgmentofconvictionwasenteredonNovember19,1993.EffectiveMay10,1995,anamendmenttothePostConvictionProcedureActreducedthetimewithinwhichtofileaclaimfromthreeyearstooneyear. ^   ׀Thispetition,allegingthattheconvictionwasvoidduetoadefectiveindictment,wasfiledonOctober25,1996,andisthusbarredbythestatuteoflimitations.  InCurtisNewbern,No.02C019702CR00071(Tenn.Crim.App.,atϜJackson,July1,1997),appealfiled,July24,1997,apanelofthiscourtfoundthatadefectiveindictmentclaimunderthedoctrineofStatev.RogerDaleHill,No.01C019508CC00267(Tenn.Crim.App.,atNashville,June20,1996),appealgranted,Jan.6,1997,wasstillsubjecttothestatuteoflimitations.Newbern,slipop.at2.Inamorerecentcase,anotherpanelofthiscourtheldthatapetitionchallenginganindictmentforfailuretoallegethemensreaofanoffensemuststillbefiledwithinthestatuteoflimitationssetforthinTenn.CodeAnn.4030202(a).JamesEdwardHayesv.State,No.02C019704CC00169,slipop.at2(Tenn.Crim.App.,atJackson,July23,1997).̚  Accordingly,thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.̜        PERCURIAM