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ÐÌà@66'ìàò òOPINIONó óˆÐ H$˜# ÐÌà@ii#ìàò òI.€€Backgroundó óˆÐ  &p!% ÐÌà  àAppellant,€Eric€Boyd,€entered€guilty€pleas€on€October€30,€1995,€to€eleven€counts€ofÐ ø'H#' Ðaggravated€robbery,€one€count€of€attempted€aggravated€robbery,€and€one€count€of€aggravated€assault.€Ð ä(4$( ÐHe€received€€an€effective€sentence€of€twenty€years.€€During€Appellantððs€plea€submission€hearing,Ð Ð) %) Ðcounsel€for€Appellant€approached€the€bench€to€make€as€a€part€of€the€record€the€following€twoÐ ¼* &* Ðadditional€conditions€of€the€plea€agreement€as€Appellant€understood€it:€1)€that€he€be€transported€fromÐ ¨+ø&+ Ðthe€Knox€County€Jail€to€the€state€penitentiary€as€soon€as€possible;€and€2)€that€his€co„defendant,Ð ”,ä', ÐCollier,€not€be€offered€a€plea€agreement€with€a€sentence€less€than€twenty€years.Ð €-Ð(-ýà ÐÔ_Ô‡à  àProof€at€the€post„conviction€hearing€showed€that€the€second€condition€weighed€heavily€inÐ ° ÐAppellantððs€acceptance€of€the€plea€agreement.€€This€was€because€of€Appellantððs€concern€that€he,€anÐ œì ÐAfrican„American€being€represented€by€the€public€defenderððs€office,€would€receive€harsher€treatmentÐ ˆØ Ðthan€Collier,€who€is€a€white€male,€and€whose€father€had€hired€a€prominent€Knoxville€attorney€toÐ tÄ Ðdefend€him.€€Before€and€during€plea€negotiations€between€the€State€and€Appellant,€a€motion€toÐ `° Ðsuppress€evidence€was€pending€in€the€Stateððs€case€against€Collier.€€After€long€delays€and€afterÐ L œ ÐAppellant€had€already€entered€his€guilty€pleas,€the€trial€court€ultimately€ruled€in€favor€of€Collier,Ð 8 ˆ Ðsuppressing€the€evidence.€€Subsequently,€the€State€offered,€and€Collier€accepted,€an€eight€year€fullyÐ $ t Ðprobated€sentence.€€Collier€pled€guilty€on€October€4,€2000.Ð  ` ÐÌà  àOn€October€23,€2000,€Appellant€filed€his€petition€for€post„conviction€relief,€alleging€that€theÐ è 8  ÐState€breached€its€promise€not€to€offer€Collier€a€lesser€sentence€than€Appellant€received.€€The€trialÐ Ô$  Ðcourt€denied€his€petition€and€held€the€agreement€unenforceable,€stating€that€ð ðthe€state€cannot€beÐ À  Ðbound€to€such€a€condition€precedent€when€it€has€no€real€control€over€the€raised€issues€in€anotherÐ ¬ü  Ðpersons€[sic]€case...ððÐ ˜è  ÐÓ€ÓÌÓ€MÓà@®®ìàò òII.€€Statute€of€Limitationsó óˆÐ úJ ÐÓfæÓÌÓfæ¿Óà  àAs€a€preliminary€matter,€the€lower€court€correctly€held,€and€the€State€concedes€in€its€brief,Ð º  Ðthat€the€statute€of€limitations€does€not€bar€Appellantððs€petition€for€post„conviction€relief.€€TheÐ ¦ö Ðcircumstances€giving€rise€to€Appellantððs€claim€made€it€impossible€for€Appellant€to€file€his€petitionÐ ’â Ðinside€the€one€year€limitations€period€within€which€to€seek€relief.€€òòSeeóó€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„30„Ð ~Î Ð202(a)€(1997).Ð jº ÐÌà  àThe€Stateððs€breach€of€a€plea€agreement€is€a€ground€for€post„conviction€relief.€€òòSee€Harris€v.Ð B’ ÐStateóó,€875€S.W.2d€662€(Tenn.€1994).€€Pursuant€to€statute,€a€petitioner€has€one€year€from€the€date€onÐ .~ Ðwhich€the€judgment€became€final€if€no€appeal€is€taken,€or€one€year€from€the€action€of€the€highestÐ j Ðstate€appellate€court€to€which€an€appeal€is€taken,€to€file€his€petition€for€post„conviction€relief.€€Tenn.Ð V ÐCode€Ann.€ðð€40„30„202(a)€(1997).€€It€is€well€settled€that€in€some€cases,€due€process€considerationsÐ òB Ðprevent€strict€application€of€the€statute€of€limitations,€therefore,€ð ðbefore€a€state€may€terminate€a€claimÐ Þ. Ðfor€failure€to€comply€with€procedural€requirements€such€as€statutes€of€limitations,€due€processÐ Ê Ðrequires€that€potential€litigants€be€provided€an€opportunity€for€the€presentation€of€claims€at€aÐ ¶  Ðmeaningful€time€and€in€a€meaningful€manner.ðð€€òòBurford€v.€Stateóó,€845€S.W.2d€204€(Tenn.€1992).Ð ¢!ò  ÐÌà  àApplying€its€analysis€in€òòBurfordóó,€the€Tennessee€Supreme€Court€has€established€a€three„partÐ z#Ê" Ðtest€to€determine€whether€the€grounds€for€relief€should€survive€the€expiration€of€the€statute€ofÐ f$¶# Ðlimitations.€€òòSands€v.€Stateóó,€903€S.W.2d€297€(Tenn.€1995).€€A€court€must:Ð R%¢ $ ÐÓÌÌÓÌÓÌ̯Óà8  à(1)€determine€when€the€limitations€period€would€normally€have€begun€to€run;€(2)Ð ú&J"& Ðdetermine€whether€the€grounds€for€relief€actually€arose€after€the€limitations€periodÐ æ'6#' Ðwould€normally€have€commenced;€and€(3)€if€the€grounds€are€ð ðlater„arising,ððÐ Ò("$( Ðdetermine€if,€under€the€facts€of€the€case,€a€strict€application€of€the€limitations€periodÐ ¾)%) Ðwould€effectively€deny€the€petitioner€a€reasonable€opportunity€to€present€the€claim.Ъ*ú%*Ð Ð  ÐòòÓ€ÓÌÓ€úÓà  àIdóó.€at€301.Ð  ,\', Ðà  àAppellant€entered€his€guilty€pleas€on€October€30,€1995,€and€his€one„year€period€within€whichÐ ° Ðto€file€a€claim€began€to€run€at€that€time€because€he€did€not€appeal.€€òòSeeóó€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„30„Ð œì Ð202(a).€€Appellantððs€claim€for€relief€did€not€arise€until€the€State€breached€the€plea€agreement€onÐ ˆØ ÐOctober€4,€2000,€when€it€entered€into€a€plea€agreement€with€Appellantððs€co„defendant.€€AppellantÐ tÄ Ðfiled€his€petition€for€post„conviction€relief€nineteen€days€later,€a€reasonable€time€after€his€claimÐ `° Ðarose.€€Due€process€requires€allowing€Appellantððs€claim€to€be€heard.Ð L œ ÐÌà@ÈÈìàò òIII.€€The€Plea€Agreementó óˆÐ $ t ÐÌà  àWe€conclude€that€the€post„conviction€court€erroneously€held€that€the€State€could€not€beÐ ü L  Ðbound€to€the€condition€that€it€not€offer€Appellantððs€co„defendant€a€lesser€sentence€than€AppellantÐ è 8  Ðreceived.€€The€Tennessee€Supreme€Court€recognizes€that€agreements€between€prosecutors€andÐ Ô$  Ðdefendants€are€ð ðcontractual€in€nature€and€[are]€enforceable€under€the€law€of€contracts.ðð€€òòState€v.Ð À  ÐHowingtonóó,€907€S.W.2d€403,€403€(Tenn.€1995).€€In€òòSantobello€v.€New€Yorkóó,€404€U.S.€257€(1971),Ð ¬ü  Ðthe€U.S.€Supreme€Court€held€that€ð ðwhen€a€plea€rests€in€any€significant€degree€on€a€promise€orÐ ˜è  Ðagreement€of€the€prosecutor,€so€that€it€can€be€said€to€be€part€of€the€inducement€or€consideration,€suchÐ „Ô  Ðpromise€must€be€fulfilled.ðð€€òòIdóó.€at€262.€€The€record€shows€without€question€that€Appellant€relied€onÐ pÀ Ðthe€Stateððs€promise.€€A€breach€of€that€agreement,€even€where€due€to€unforeseen€or€changedÐ \¬ Ðcircumstances,€does€not€lessen€the€impact€of€the€breach,€and€a€guilty€plea€based€on€ð ða€falseÐ H˜ Ðpremise...cannot€stand.ðð€€òòIdóó.;€òòsee€also€Mabry€v.€Johnsonóó,€467€U.S.€504,€509€(1984).Ð 4„ ÐÌà  àIn€this€appeal,€the€State€now€concedes,€contrary€to€the€position€it€took€in€the€trial€court,€thatÐ  \ Ða€promise€not€to€offer€a€co„defendant€a€more€favorable€sentence€may€become€an€enforceableÐ øH Ðcondition€of€the€plea€agreement.€€The€State€asserts,€however,€that€the€post„conviction€courtððsÐ ä4 ÐFindings€of€Fact€and€Conclusions€of€Law€are€unclear€as€to€whether€the€court€indeed€found€the€StateððsÐ Ð  Ðpromise€to€be€an€actual€condition€of€the€plea€agreement.€€In€its€brief,€the€State€asks€this€Court€toÐ ¼  Ðremand€these€proceedings€to€the€post„conviction€court€for€more€specific€findings.€€We€conclude,Ð ¨ø Ðhowever,€that€remanding€for€further€findings€is€unnecessary€because€the€lower€court€found,€and€theÐ ”ä Ðrecord€supports€the€finding,€that€the€Stateððs€agreement€with€Appellant€included€the€condition€thatÐ €Ð Ðthe€State€not€offer€Collier€a€sentence€less€than€twenty€years.Ð l¼ ÐÌà  àIn€its€denial€of€Appellantððs€petition€for€post„conviction€relief,€the€court€ruled€that€ð ðthe€stateÐ D!” Ðcannot€be€bound€to€òòsuch€a€condition€precedentóó€when€it€has€no€real€control€over€the€raised€issues€inÐ 0"€  Ðanother€persons€[sic]€case...ðð€€(Emphasis€added).€€In€its€findings€of€fact,€the€trial€court€stated€ð ð[t]heÐ #l! Ðstate€only€through€silence€has€acquiesced€to€the€two€conditions€that€Mr.€Boyd€imposed,€òòtheseÐ $X" Ðconditions€beingóó€to€be€removed€from€the€Knox€County€Jail€as€soon€as€possible€after€plea,€and€thatÐ ô$D # ÐMr.€Collier€be€offered€no€less€than€the€number€of€years€that€Mr.€Boyd€was€offered.ðð€€(EmphasisÐ à%0!$ Ðadded).€€The€entire€record€supports€the€factual€conclusion€that€Appellant€and€the€State€agreed€thatÐ Ì&"% Ðthe€two€conditions€were€a€part€of€the€agreement.€€The€courtððs€findings€clearly€regard€the€StateððsÐ ¸'#& Ðpromise€to€have€been€a€condition€upon€which€Appellantððs€assent€to€the€agreement€was€based.€Ð ¤(ô#' ÐHaving€determined€that€a€plea€agreement€may€be€conditioned€on€a€promise€not€to€offer€a€lesserÐ )à$( Ðsentence€to€a€co„defendant,€we€hold€that€the€State€in€fact€entered€into€such€an€agreement€withÐ |*Ì%) ÐAppellant€and€is€now€in€breach€of€that€agreement.Ð h+¸&* Їà@uuìàò òIV.€€Post„Conviction€Reliefó óˆÐ ° ÐÌà  àThe€State€concedes€that€if€its€promise€not€to€offer€Collier€a€lesser€sentence€than€AppellantÐ ˆØ Ðis€held€to€be€an€actual€condition€of€the€plea€agreement,€the€State€breached€the€condition€andÐ tÄ ÐAppellant€is€entitled€to€post„conviction€relief.€€The€parties€disagree,€however,€as€to€the€appropriateÐ `° Ðrelief.€€Once€a€plea€bargain€has€been€accepted€by€the€court€and€the€State€later€breaches€the€agreement,Ð L œ Ðð ðthe€aggrieved€defendant€may€either€seek€specific€performance€of€the€agreement€or€ask€the€court€toÐ 8 ˆ Ðrestore€both€parties€to€the€status€they€occupied€immediately€before€the€plea€was€entered.ðð€€òòState€v.Ð $ t ÐTurneróó,€713€S.W.2d€327,€329€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1986).Ð  ` ÐÌà  àAppellant,€having€already€served€almost€seven€years€in€prison,€is€seeking€specificÐ è 8  Ðperformance€of€the€plea€agreement€and€requesting€that€his€sentence€be€vacated€and€he€receive€theÐ Ô$  Ðsame€sentence€the€State€offered€to€Collier,€thereby€ð ðestablishing€in€fact€that€the€co„defendant€willÐ À  Ðreceive€no€less€time€than€[Appellant€received].ðð€€Appellant€argues€that€the€deal€between€himself€andÐ ¬ü  Ðthe€State€contemplated€that€the€two€defendantsðð€sentences€be€equal€and€asks€this€Court€to€enforceÐ ˜è  Ðthe€ð ðspiritðð€of€the€agreement.€€We€disagree€with€Appellantððs€reasoning.€€The€State€agreed€not€to€offerÐ „Ô  ÐCollier€a€sentence€less€than€twenty€years,€which€is€what€the€State€offered€Appellant€and€he€accepted.€Ð pÀ ÐIt€did€not,€however,€agree€to€offer€Collier€the€same€sentence€as€Appellant.€€Neither€did€the€StateÐ \¬ Ðagree€to€offer€Appellant€the€same€sentence€it€offered€Collier.€€The€distinctions€are€subtle,€butÐ H˜ Ðsignificant.€€The€condition,€not€less€than€twenty€years,€includes€a€range€of€possible€sentences,Ð 4„ Ðwhereas€the€same€sentence€leaves€only€one€possible€alternative,€twenty€years.€€The€promise€to€offerÐ  p Ðthe€co„defendant€not€less€than€twenty€€years€includes€an€offer€of€twenty€years,€twenty€and€one€halfÐ  \ Ðyears,€or€thirty€years,€so€long€as€the€offer€is€not€less€than€twenty€years.€€Had€the€State€offered€CollierÐ øH Ða€lesser€sentence€and€Collier€rejected€the€offer,€went€to€trial€and€was€subsequently€acquitted,€theÐ ä4 ÐState€would€still€be€in€breach,€but€Appellant€would€not€thereby€be€entitled€to€an€acquittal.€€For€theÐ Ð  Ðforegoing€reasons,€we€reject€Appellantððs€argument.Ð ¼  ÐÌà  àWe€therefore€conclude€that€ð ðspecific€performanceðð€is€not€an€appropriate€remedy€in€this€caseÐ ”ä Ðand€that€the€only€available€remedy€is€to€restore€Appellant€and€the€State€to€the€positions€they€occupiedÐ €Ð Ðbefore€the€plea€was€entered,€by€setting€aside€his€pleas€and€reinstating€the€charges€against€him.€€TheÐ l¼ ÐState€cites€òòState€v.€Headóó,€971€S.W.2d€49€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1986),€for€the€proposition€that€a€courtÐ X ¨ Ðmay€not€require€the€State€to€make€a€particular€plea€bargain.€€òòIdóó.€at€51;€òòsee€also€Turneróó,€713€S.W.2dÐ D!” Ð327€at€329.€€The€State€distinguishes€several€cases€in€which€courts€have€found€it€impossible€to€restoreÐ 0"€  Ðthe€parties€to€their€former€positions.€òò€óóIn€òòState€v.€Howingtonóó,€907€S.W.2d€403€(Tenn.€1995),€theÐ #l! Ðsupreme€court€noted€that€ð ð[f]undamental€principles€of€justice€and€fair€play€would€require€that€theÐ $X" Ðparties€to€the€unconsummated€bargain€be€restored€to€their€former€positions.ðð€€òòIdóó.€at€411.€€TheÐ ô$D # Ðdefendant,€however,€had€incriminated€himself€by€testifying€at€the€preliminary€hearing€as€a€conditionÐ à%0!$ Ðto€his€bargain€with€the€State,€making€the€remedy€impossible.€€òòIdóó.€€Here,€allowing€Appellant€toÐ Ì&"% Ðwithdraw€his€guilty€pleas€will€successfully€restore€the€parties€to€their€original€positions.Ð ¸'#& ÐÌà  àInòò€State€v.€Turneróó,€713€S.W.2d€327€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1986),€the€defendant€rejected€theÐ )à$( ÐStateððs€offer€of€a€two€year€sentence€in€exchange€for€a€guilty€plea€due€to€ineffective€assistance€ofÐ |*Ì%) Ðcounsel.€€òòIdóó.€at€328.€€This€Court€held€that€the€State€could€not€be€required€to€reinstate€the€plea€offer.€Ð h+¸&* ÐòòIdóó.€€However,€in€a€habeas€corpus€proceeding€involving€the€same€parties,€the€Sixth€Circuit€Court€ofÐ ° ÐAppeals€held€that€a€new€trial€would€not€permit€defendant€to€consider€the€original€offer€with€effectiveÐ œì Ðcounsel,€but€that€requiring€the€State€to€make€the€original€two€year€offer€again€might€infringe€uponÐ ˆØ Ðthe€interests€of€the€State.òò€€Turner€v.€Stateóó,€858€F.2d€1201€(6òòthóó€Cir.€1988).€€The€court€determined€thatÐ tÄ Ðthe€appropriate€remedy€was€to€order€another€plea€hearing€during€which€the€State€would€be€requiredÐ `° Ðto€overcome€a€presumption€of€prosecutorial€vindictiveness€if€it€made€a€plea€offer€in€excess€of€twoÐ L œ Ðyears,€effectively€granting€the€defendant€the€opportunity€to€accept€the€original€two€year€offer.€€òòIdóó.€atÐ 8 ˆ Ð1209.Ð $ t ÐÌà  àIn€òòTurneróó,€the€defendant€lost€the€opportunity€to€meaningfully€consider€the€Stateððs€offerÐ ü L  Ðbecause€of€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel.€€Had€the€defendant€received€effective€assistance€ofÐ è 8  Ðcounsel€in€the€original€proceedings,€he€likely€would€have€accepted€the€Stateððs€offer.€€Therefore,€theÐ Ô$  Ðcourt€granted€a€remedy€that€would,€in€effect,€allow€the€defendant€the€opportunity€to€consider€theÐ À  Ðoriginal€plea€offer.Ð ¬ü  ÐÓÌÌÓÌÓÌÌÚIÓà  àAppellant,€in€this€case,€negotiated€an€agreement€with€the€State€whereby€he€would€plead€guiltyÐ T¤  Ðon€the€condition€that€his€co„defendant€not€receive€an€offer€less€than€twenty€years.€€AppellantððsÐ @ Ðargument€rests€on€the€assumption€that€he€would€have€rejected€the€Stateððs€offer€had€it€not€agreed€toÐ ,| Ðthe€second€condition.€€Had€Appellant€rejected€the€offer,€or€had€the€State€not€agreed€to€this€condition,Ð h Ðthe€case€apparently€would€have€proceeded€to€trial.€€We€cannot€see€how€ordering€the€State€to€makeÐ T Ðan€offer€of€an€eight€year€fully€probated€sentence€now€would€be€the€proper€remedy€for€the€StateððsÐ ð@ Ðbreach.€€Appellant€has€requested€post„conviction€relief€based€upon€the€Stateððs€breach€of€itsÐ Ü, Ðagreement.€€We€agree€the€State€breached€its€agreement.€€Appellant€is€entitled€to€post„convictionÐ È Ðrelief,€which€is€setting€aside€his€convictions€and€permitting€the€original€charges€to€be€reinstated.Ð ´ ÐÌà  àAppellant,€in€his€reply€brief,€raises€the€issue€that€the€relief€hereby€granted€will€deny€him€hisÐ ŒÜ Ðright€to€a€speedy€trial€as€guaranteed€by€both€the€federal€and€state€constitutions.€€U.S.€Const.€amendÐ xÈ ÐVI;€Tenn.€Const.€Art.€I,€Sec.€9.€€In€òòState€v.€Harrisóó,€978€S.W.2d€109€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1997),€thisÐ d´ ÐCourt€applied€the€standard€set€forth€by€the€U.S.€Supreme€Court€in€òòBarker€v.€Wingoóó,€407€U.S.€514Ð P  Ð(1972),€to€determine€whether€a€new€trial€following€the€grant€of€post„conviction€relief€violated€theÐ <Œ Ðdefendantððs€right€to€a€speedy€trial.€€òòIdóó.€at€113.€€The€factors€to€be€considered€under€òòBarkeróó€are€asÐ ( x Ðfollows:€a)€the€length€of€the€delay;€b)€the€reason€for€the€delay;€c)€the€defendantððs€assertion€of€his€rightÐ !d Ðto€a€speedy€trial;€d)€and€prejudice€to€the€defendant€resulting€from€the€delay.€€òòBarkeróó€at€530.€€ThisÐ "P  ÐCourt,€however,€is€not€the€appropriate€court€for€the€initial€presentation€of€this€issue.€€AppellantððsÐ ì"<! Ðclaim€of€a€denial€of€his€right€to€a€speedy€trial€has€not€yet€been€pursued€before€the€trial€court.€€òòSeeÐ Ø#(" ÐState€v.€Townesóó,€56€S.W.3d€30,€35€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€2000).€€We,€therefore,€decline€considerationÐ Ä$ # Ðof€such€issue€until€it€has€properly€been€heard€by€the€trial€court.Ð °%!$ ÐÓÌÌÓÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÐ À+', Ðà@zz#ìàò òV.€€Conclusionó óˆÐ ° ÐÌÓÌÌýSÓà  àWe€hold€that€Appellant€is€entitled€to€post„conviction€relief€as€a€result€of€the€Stateððs€breachÐ (x Ðof€its€plea€agreement€with€Appellant.€€The€proper€remedy€is€to€set€aside€Appellantððs€guilty€pleas€andÐ d Ðfor€the€original€charges€to€be€reinstated.€€Accordingly,€the€judgment€of€the€trial€court€is€reversed.€Ð P ÐAppellant€is€granted€post„conviction€relief.€€This€cause€is€remanded€to€the€trial€court€for€proceedingsÐ ì< Ðconsistent€with€this€opinion€and€with€Tennessee€Code€Annotated€ðð€40„30„219.Ð Ø ( ÐÌà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  à___________________________________€Ð °  Ðà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àTHOMAS€T.€WOODALL,€JUDGE