WPC *9S7r_k>@r\fo:U41xFxGE |Qc- ˅LqO^.zGh*!ˆq0dD9E _V9c B6gn< yNp^V}yW+SOs^oqk3YsC#TUKkq^W>ylq5v"P \A'י ^61G1N-|FpZɳ1:h`|%ϿNʖvTyn?Gu[yBǑ 0=5!WzfgC~x0vq[&շɝrH”NC Js>eHC#שhJ?军~:2=yb=[ƖH*d2% 'ڢr6s`#!@UNa % 0(w4 0 0D U: L U,^  U: U: U  ^ [ g mi i i i i i i i N B AQ  0D 0D 0D>> D3HP LaserJet 8000 DN PS0'r Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($tpO'3|x (8(2$ !  X P   0  (#$  0  ,  AZ"Arial Regular B  $X P   1    _4XX a4Asnotedbythepostconvictioncourt,theStatehasnotsoughttoreindictorpursuefurther `  prosecutionontherobberycharge.-zAZArial ,  AZ"Arial Regular,cAZ"Arial Regular K ["  XXXX=XX  _  Ad FILEDXX=  October13,1999Cecil_Crowson_,Jr.AppellateCourt_ClerkdAx _xM' U dZ[\]_C<<CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(3$ !  (3$ !  ($$   1  'dxd !  _` X4TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T  XXXXXXXX8ASXXdd8   _vY_@0,j:`  `@Ea ` 8ttxPR`  v__INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE `  @@0ATNASHVILLE  8   MAY1999SESSION      FRANKBARNARD ,    * D C.C.A.NO.01C019807CR00296 H  APPELLANT,    * D DAVIDSONCOUNTY z  VS.   <     * D Hon.SteveDozier,Judge F  0 4 STATEOFTENNESSEE ,    * D (PostConviction) L    !  T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$  @T$   % %  APPELLEE. < #XXXX#XXXX    * D      <      D    <     ForAppellant: <      D ForAppellee: H KyleL.Marquardt <      D PaulG.Summers  AttorneyforAppellant     D AttorneyGeneralandReporter  211PrintersAlley,Suite502   D 450JamesRobertsonParkway   Nashville,TN372011414   D Nashville,TN372430493 !f    <      D GeorgiaBlytheFelner   <      D CounselfortheState x$    <      D CriminalJusticeDivision   <      D 425FifthAvenueNorth   <      D Nashville,TN37243   <      D JohnSeaborg   <      D WashingtonSquareBldg.   <      D AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral   <      D 222SecondAvenueNorth   <      D Nashville,TN372011649   < OPINIONFILED:____________________AFFIRMEDRULE20NORMAMCGEEOGLE,JUDGE#XXXX# V7-3   8ASXXdXXd8 :06  _ԇOPINION  ,    Thepetitioner,FrankBarnard,appealsthedismissalofhispetitionfor   postconvictionreliefbytheDavidsonCountyCriminalCourtonJune11,1998. XRXXXROn d November13,1992,thepetitionerwasconvictedbyajuryintheDavidsonCounty 0 CriminalCourtoffirstdegreemurder,felonymurder,robbery,andaggravated \  sexualbattery.Thetrialcourtmergedthefelonymurdercountwiththefirstdegree (  murdercountbecausetheyarosefromthesameoffense.Thepetitionerfileda   MotionforJudgmentofAcquittalandMotionforNewTrial.Thetrialcourtdenied ` themotiononallgroundsexceptthetrialcourtreversedtherobberyconviction.   #  1      ׀On , September1,1994,thiscourtaffirmedthepetitionersconvictionsandonNovember X 24,1994,oursupremecourtdeniedfurtherreview.Statev.Barnard,899S.W.2d $ 617(Tenn.Crim.App),perm.toappealdenied(Tenn.1994).#XRXX XR+#Ԁ  ̀  OnJuly31,1997,thepetitioner,FrankBarnard,filedaprosepetition "( forpostconvictionreliefintheDavidsonCountyCriminalCourt.Thetrialcourt T$ appointedcounselandthepetitionerfiledanamendedpetitionforpostconviction  &  reliefonOctober21,1997.OnJune5,1998,thetrialcourtconductedahearingto '" determineifthestatuteoflimitationsbarredthepetition.Afterthehearing,thetrial )X $ courttookthematterunderadvisementandenteredanorderdenyingthepetition +$"& forpostconvictionreliefbecausethepetitionwasfiledbeyondtheapplicablestatute P-#( oflimitations. XRXXXRHavingthoroughlyreviewedtherecordandthepartiesbriefs,we /%* concludethatthisanappropriatecaseforaffirmancepursuanttoCt.Crim.App. 0', Rule20.#XRXX XRo#Ԁ 2T).  4 +0   Onappeal,thepetitionercontendsthatthestrictapplicationoftheone `  (1)yearstatuteoflimitationsviolatesthepetitionersrighttoconstitutionaldue ,  processundertheFourteenthAmendmenttotheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates   andArticleI,Section8oftheTennesseeConstitution.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.40 d 30202(1997).Thepetitionerdoesnotarguethatoneoftheexceptionstothe 0 statuteoflimitationsappliesinhiscase.Inessence,thepetitionerarguesthatwhen \  hisconvictionbecamefinalonNovember28,1994,hehadthreeyearswithinwhich (  tofileapetitionforpostconvictionrelief.Whenourlegislatureamendedtheperiod   oflimitationin1995totheshorteroneyearperiod,thepetitionerwasincarcerated ` andwithoutlegalcounseltoadvisehimofthenewshorterstatuteoflimitations. , Thepetitionerfurtherarguesthat, XRXXXRbecauseofhisignoranceofthenewlaw,#XRXX XR#he X shouldhavetheoriginalthreeyearperiodwithinwhichtofileapetition.Moreover, $ thepetitionercontendsthatapplyingtheshorter,oneyearlimitationsperioddenies  thepetitionerdueprocessoflaw.  \    XRXXXRThepetitionersconvictionsbecamefinalonNovember28,1994.At T$ thattime,undertheexistingPostConvictionProcedureAct,thepetitionerhadthree  &  yearsfromthedatehisconvictionsbecamefinaltofilehispetitionforpost '" convictionrelief.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4030102(1994Repl.)However,our )X $ legislatureenactedthe1995PostConvictionProcedureActwhichshortenedthe +$"& statuteoflimitationsperiodtooneyear.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4030202(1997). P-#( Therefore,thepetitionerhadoneyearfromtheeffectivedateofthenewstatute /%* (May10,1995)tofilehispetitionforpostconvictionrelief.Thepetitionerfailedto 0', doso.#XRXX XR#Furthermore,thiscourthaspreviouslystatedthattheapplicationoftheone 2T). yearstatuteoflimitationsforfilingpetitionsforpostconvictionreliefdoesnotviolate 4 +0 dueprocessinasituationwherethethreeyearstatueoflimitationshadbeenin L6,2 effectatthetimethepetitionersconvictionsbecamefinal.Carothersv.State,980 8.4 S.W.2d215,218218(Tenn.Crim.App.1997);Holstonv.State,No.02C019609 `  CR00298,1997WL421212,at*12(Tenn.Crim.App.atJackson,July28,1997). ,  Moreover,thiscourthasstatedthatapplicationoftheoneyearstatuteoflimitations   affordsareasonableopportunityforsimilarlysituatedpetitionerstofileforpost d convictionreliefwithinoneyearofthestatuteseffectivedate.Id.Tennessee 0 courtshaveconsistentlyheldthatignoranceofthelawdoesnotexcusetheuntimely \  filingofapetitionforpostconvictionrelief.Dyerv.State,No.03C019712CR (  00515,1998WL667872,at*1(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,September23,   1998).Accordingly,weaffirmthejudgmentofthepostconvictioncourtpursuantto ` Ct.Crim.App.Rule20. ,    <    <      D __________________________________     <      D NormaMcGeeOgle,Judge  \ CONCUR: T$ ______________________________  &  DavidG.Hayes,Judge '" _______________________________ +$"& JerryL.Smith,Judge     D