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ÔÔ€ÔÑ ` ÑÑ Ü ÑÒ 4 ÒÒ X ÒÑ\R AØ'\ÑÓÓÝ  Ý›Ñ7€@XdìdÈ7ÑÑ  ÑÔ€ÔÞ ÞÌà@ àòòIN€THE€COURT€OF€CRIMINAL€APPEALS€OF€TENNESSEEóóÌà@ àòòAT€JACKSONóóÌà@ àMARCH€1997€SESSIONÌÌSYVESSLE€REDMOND,à àà à*à àC.C.A.€#€02C01„9603„CR„00105€Ìà àà àAppellant,à àà à*à àSHELBY€COUNTYÌVS.à àà àà àà àà à*à àHon.€Bernie€Weinman,€Judge€ÌSTATE€OF€TENNESSEE,à àà à*à à(Post„Conviction)Ìà àà àAppellee.à àà à*ÌÌÌÌòòFor€Appellant:óóà àà àà àà àòòFor€Appellee:óóÌÓÓSyvessle€Redmond€à àà àà àCharles€W.€BursonÌPro€Seà àà àà àà àà àAttorney€General€&€ReporterÌNo.€121145€ÌNorthwest€Correctional€Centerà àà àClinton€J.€MorganÌRoute€1,€P.O.€Box€660à àà àà àAssistant€Attorney€GeneralÌTiptonville,€TN€€38079à àà àà à450€James€Robertson€ParkwayÌà àà àà àà àà àà àNashville,€TN€€37243„0493à àà àà àÌà àà àà àà àà àà àReginald€Henderson€Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àAsst.€District€Attorney€GeneralÌà àà àà àà àà àà àCriminal€Justice€CenterÌà àà àà àà àà àà àThird€FloorÌà àà àà àà àà àà à201€PoplarÌà àà àà àà àà àà àMemphis,€TN€€38103ÌÌÌOPINION€FILED:_____________________ÌÌÌÌAFFIRMED€ÌÌÌÌPER€CURIAMÇÓÓò òòòÓ  ÓOPINIONóóó óÌÓ  Óà àà àThe€petitioner,€Syvessle€Redmond,€appeals€the€trial€court's€denial€ofÏhis€petition€for€post„conviction€relief.€€The€issue€presented€for€review€is€whether€theÏtrial€court€correctly€dismissed€the€petition€without€an€evidentiary€hearing€on€theÏbasis€that€it€was€barred€by€the€statute€of€limitations.€€We€affirm€the€judgment€of€theÏtrial€court.ÌÌà àà àThe€petitioner€pled€guilty€in€1988€to€second€degree€murder€andÏreceived€a€Range€II€sentence€of€thirty„five€years.€€No€prior€appeals€or€post„conviction€petitions€have€been€filed.€€This€petition,€seeking€either€post„conviction€orÏhabeas€corpus€relief,€was€filed€on€December€7,€1995.€€It€alleges€that€the€petitionerÏreceived€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel€and€that€his€guilty€plea€was€involuntary.€ÏThe€trial€court€dismissed€the€petition€as€being€time„barred.€€On€appeal,€theÏpetitioner€raises€the€additional€arguments€that€the€evidence€was€insufficient€toÏsustain€his€conviction€and€that€his€sentence€was€excessive.€€€€ÌÌà àà àEffective€May€10,€1995,€the€new€Post„Conviction€Procedure€ActÏreplaced€the€prior€act€in€its€entirety.€€òòSeeóó€1995€Tenn.€Pub.€Act€207,€ðððð€1€and€3.€ÏBecause€this€petition€was€filed€in€December€of€1995,€the€œnew€act€applies.€€TheÏmost›€recent€legislation€replaced€a€three„year€with€a€one„year€limitation:€€ÌÓÓà8 àà8 à(a)€...[A]€person€in€custody€under€a€sentence€of€a€court€ofÏthis€state€must€petition€for€post„conviction€relief€underÏthis€part€within€one€(1)€year€of€the€date€of€the€final€actionÏof€the€highest€state€appellate€court€to€which€an€appeal€isÏtaken€or,€if€no€appeal€is€taken,€within€one€(1)€year€of€theÏdate€on€which€the€judgment€became€final,€orÏconsideration€of€such€petition€shall€be€barred.€€TheÏstatute€of€limitations€shall€not€be€tolled€for€any€reason....ÌÌà8 àà8 à(b)€No€court€shall€have€jurisdiction€to€consider€a€petitionÏfiled€after€such€time€unless:ÌÌà8 àà8 àà à(1)€The€claim€in€the€petition€is€based€upon€a€finalÏruling€of€an€appellate€court€establishing€a€constitutionalÏright€that€was€not€recognized€as€existing€at€the€time€ofÏtrial,€if€retrospective€application€of€that€right€is€required.€ÏSuch€petition€must€be€filed€within€one€(1)€year€of€theÏruling€of€the€highest€state€appellate€court€or€the€UnitedÏStates€[S]upreme€[C]ourt€establishing€a€constitutionalÏright€that€was€not€recognized€as€existing€at€the€time€ofÏtrial;ÌÌà8 àà8 àà à(2)€The€claim€in€the€petition€is€based€upon€newÏscientific€evidence€establishing€that€such€petitioner€isÏactually€innocent€of€the€offense€or€offenses€for€which€theÏpetitioner€was€convicted;€or€ÌÌà8 àà8 àà à(3)€The€claim€asserted€in€the€petition€seeks€reliefÏfrom€a€sentence€that€was€enhanced€because€of€aÏprevious€conviction€and€such€conviction€in€the€case€inÏwhich€the€claim€is€asserted€was€not€a€guilty€plea€with€anÏagreed€sentence,€and€the€previous€conviction€hasÏsubsequently€been€held€to€be€invalid,€in€which€case€theÏpetition€must€be€filed€within€one€(1)€year€of€the€finality€ofÏthe€ruling€holding€the€previous€conviction€to€be€invalid.ÌÌTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„30„202€(Supp.€1996).ÌÌÌÌÓÓà àà àBecause€the€conviction€in€this€case€became€final€in€1988,€this€petitionÏappears€to€have€been€barred€not€only€by€the€current€one„year€statute€of€limitationsÏbut€also€the€former€three„year€statute.€€Moreover,€the€grounds€raised€in€the€petitionÏand€on€appeal€do€not€appear€to€fall€within€any€of€the€exceptions€set€out€in€Tenn.ÏCode€Ann.€ðð€40„30„202(b)(1),€(2),€or€œ(3)€(Supp.›€1996).€ÌÌà àà àIn€òòArnold€Carter€v.€Stateóó,€No.€œ03C01„9509„CC„00270›€(Tenn.€Crim.ÏApp.,€at€Knoxville,€July€11,€1996),€òòappeal€grantedóó,€(Tenn.,€Dec.€2,€1996),€a€panel€ofÏthis€court,€by€a€two„to„one€margin,€ruled€that€the€literal€terms€of€the€new€statuteÏcreated€a€one„year€window,€starting€on€May€10,€1995,€during€which€post„convictionÏpetitions€may€be€filed,€notwithstanding€the€date€of€the€judgment:ÌÓÓà8 àà8 àThis€act€shall€take€effect€upon€becoming€a€law,€theÏpublic€welfare€requiring€it€and€shall€govern€all€petitionsÏfor€post„conviction€relief€filed€after€this€date,€and€anyÏmotions€which€may€be€filed€after€this€date€to€reopenÏpetitions€for€post„conviction€relief€which€were€concludedÏprior€to€the€effective€date€of€this€act.€€òòNotwithstandingÏany€other€provision€of€this€act€to€the€contrary,€any€personÏhaving€a€ground€for€relief€recognized€under€this€act€shallÏhave€at€least€one€(1)€year€from€the€effective€date€of€thisÏact€to€file€a€petition€or€a€motion€to€reopen€under€this€act.ÌóóÌ1995€Tenn.€Pub.€Act€207,€ðð€3€(emphasis€added).ÌÌÓÓà àà àÌà àà àThis€majority€found€no€ambiguities€in€the€terminology€of€the€statuteÏdespite€the€œreasonable›€argument€by€the€dissent€to€the€contrary.€€In€òòCarteróó,€ourÏsupreme€court€granted€the€state's€application€for€permission€to€appeal.€€While€noÏdecision€has€yet€been€filed,€other€panels€of€this€court€have€adopted€the€dissentingÏview€in€òòCarteróó€and€have€held€that€the€new€act€did€not€create€a€new€one„year€filingÏperiod.€€œòòSee,€e.g.óó,›€òòRonald€Albert€Brummitt€v.€Stateóó,€No.€03C01„9512„CC„00415Ï(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,€at€Knoxville,€œMar.›€11,€1997);€òòJimmy€Earl€Lofton€v.€Stateóó,€No.Ï02C01„9603„CR„00073€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,€at€Jackson,€œMar.›€7,€1997);€òòRoy€Barnett€v.ÏStateóó,€No.€03C01„9512„CV„00394€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,€at€Knoxville,€Feb.€20,€1997);ÏòòStephen€Koprowski€v.€Stateóó,€No.€03C01„9511„CC„00365€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,€atÏKnoxville,€Jan.€28,€1997);€òòJohnny€L.€Butler€v.€Stateóó,€No.€02C01„9509„CR„00289Ï(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,€at€Jackson,€Dec.€œ2,›€1996).€€A€majority€of€this€panel€now€adheresÏto€the€holding€in€these€subsequent€cases.€€Thus,€treating€the€petition€as€one€forÏpost„conviction€relief,€this€claim€is€barred€by€the€statute€of€limitations.€€ÌÌà àà àWe€also€note€the€petitioner€sought€habeas€corpus€relief.€€The€habeasÏcorpus€remedy€in€this€state€is€limited.€€€The€writ€may€be€granted€only€where€aÏpetitioner€has€established€lack€of€jurisdiction€for€the€order€of€confinement€or€that€heÏis€otherwise€entitled€to€immediate€release€because€of€the€expiration€of€hisÍsentence.€€€òòSeeóó€¢òòUssery€v.€Averyóó,€£432€¢S.W.2d£€656€(Tenn.€1968);€òòState€ex€rel.€WadeÏv.€¢Norvellóó£,€443€¢S.W.2d£€839€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1969).€€€If,€however,€a€petitionerÏattempts€to€set€aside€a€conviction€because€of€the€abridgement€of€a€constitutionalÏright,€the€petitioner€must€use€the€Post„Conviction€Procedure€Act.€€¢òòLuttrell£€v.€Stateóó,Ï644€¢S.W.2d£€408€(¢Tenn.€Crim.€App£.€1982).€€ÌÌà àà àWhile€there€is€a€statute€of€limitations€upon€actions€for€post„convictionÏrelief,€habeas€corpus€has€no€statutory€period€of€limitations.€€€A€petitioner€may€not,Ïhowever,€file€a€habeas€corpus€action€as€a€means€of€circumventing€the€statute€ofÏlimitations€contained€in€the€Post„Conviction€Procedure€Act.€€òòSeeóó€òòPotts€v.€Stateóó,€833ÏS.W.2d€60,€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£óó,€833Ï¢S.W.2d£€at€62.€€€ÌÌà àà àThis€action€seeks€to€set€aside€the€prior€convictions€based€upon€theÏsufficiency€of€the€evidence,€the€excessiveness€of€the€sentence,€the€involuntarinessÍof€the€guilty€plea,€and€ineffectiveness€of€counsel.€€We€do€not€view€these€argumentsÏas€attacks€upon€a€void€judgment.€€òòSeeóó€¢£òòPassarella€v.€Stateóó,€891€S.W.2d€619,€627„28€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1994).€€The€writ€of€habeas€corpus€is€available€only€upon€anÏexpiration€of€the€sentence€or€a€showing€of€deficiency€on€the€face€of€the€judgment.€ÏNeither€has€been€shown€here.ÌÌà àà àBecause€the€petition€is€filed€beyond€the€statute€of€limitations€forÏseeking€post„conviction€relief€and€does€not€assert€a€basis€for€habeas€corpus€relief,Ïthe€judgment€is€affirmed.€€ÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àPER€CURIAM€à àÌÓÓà àà àà àà àà àà àà àJoe€B.€Jones,€Presiding€JudgeÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àGary€R.€Wade,€JudgeÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àCurwood€Witt,€JudgeÌ