WPC| # VUNa % 0(w@4 1 @ 0JH 0T 0^ 0hD 0r 0| 0 0 1u U,% 0dQ U, U> U*B)IDCr AM Bv~v D3d 0@ AO& 0D D/0 B_HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX PS 600dpiPSCRIPT0 (9 Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($ DDDD eEӀԡ 3|x2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)<  9p`(ModernP 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(Monaco<  9p`(&Times New Roman<  9p`(Arial% Line 7 d""""7Border 1dd-#C << G d !   !!   YYY FILED!XJuly26,1996CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerk  PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'`Styl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Monaco   BA Op Monaco  BA Op Monaco %%%%'dxd("$    -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! . &Xd&#Xd#     X   !\RA'\ћL$&#;+'h|`  `LߛINTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEEATNASHVILLEDECEMBER1995SESSION  WENDELLRAYWITHERSPOON,  )       )   APPELLANT,  )       ) No.01C019505CC00141       )       ) MauryCountyv.       )       ) JamesL.Weatherford,Judge       )       ) (PostConvictionRelief)STATEOFTENNESSEE,    )       )   APPELLEE.  )FORTHEAPPELLANT:    FORTHEAPPELLEE:WendellRayWitherspoon,ProSe  CharlesW.BursonPrisonNumber119707    AttorneyGeneral&ReporterCCA/SCCFP.O.Box279    450JamesRobertsonParkwayClifton,TN384250279    Nashville,TN372430493             ClintonJ.Morgan       AssistantAttorneyGeneral       450JamesRobertsonParkway       Nashville,TN372430493       T.MichaelBottoms       DistrictAttorneyGeneral       P.O.Box459       Lawrenceburg,TN384640459OPINIONFILED:_________________________________AFFIRMEDPURSUANTTORULE20JoeB.Jones,PresidingJudge    7 XXdXXd7OPINION    Theappellant,WendellRayWitherspoon,appealsasofrightfromajudgmentofthetrialcourtsummarilydismissinghissuitforpostconvictionrelief.Thetrialcourtheldthatthesuitwasbarredbythestatuteoflimitations,thepetitiondoesnotraiseagroundforwhichreliefmaybegranted,andtheissuehasbeenpreviouslydetermined.InthisCourt,theappellantcontendsthatthetrialcourterredindismissinghissuitforpostconvictionreliefwithoutthebenefitofanevidentiaryhearing.Afterathoroughreviewoftherecord,thebriefsoftheparties,andthelawcontrollingtheissuepresentedforreview,itistheopinionofthisCourtthatthejudgmentofthetrialcourtshouldbeaffirmedpursuanttoRule20,Tenn.Ct.Crim.App. ThisCourtdecidedtheappealasofrightonDecember29,1988followingtheconviction.TheSupremeCourtdeniedtheapplicationforpermissiontoappealonApril3,1989.ThepresentsuitwasnotinitiateduntilJuly26,1994.Thestatuteoflimitationshadexpiredwhenthepresentsuitwasfiled.Furthermore,thegroundraised,ineffectiveassistanceofpriorpostconvictioncounsel,isnotabasisuponwhichreliefcanbegranted.      ______________________________________      JOEB.JONES,PRESIDINGJUDGECONCUR:______________________________________ PAULG.SUMMERS,JUDGE______________________________________ JOSEPHM.TIPTON,JUDGE