WPC U: % 0w@4 0J 0Ti 0^ 0h 0r 0| 0q 0 1u 0dU*`v~v ,cAZ"Arial RegularX(`$TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7GXXdXXd7  SUTEUVEWXEYZ[U\eB\J#3|x\2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23    ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(ArialPtPtHH(FG(HH(d'`Styl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   ion-F Geneva  ion-F Geneva ! .      \RA'\#Xd##Xd#   ݛ    @ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@ ATJACKSON@ OCTOBERSESSION,1997TYRONECLAY,   )     ) No.02C019611cc00410 Appellant   )     ) LAKECOUNTYvs.     )     ) Hon.JoeG.Riley,Jr.,JudgeSTATEOFTENNESSEE,  )     ) (PostConviction) Appellee   )  @ SEPARATECONCURRINGOPINION Ijoinwiththemajorityindismissaloftheappellant'spetitionbutforentirelyseparatereasons.Thisappealandasecondappeal,No.02C019608CC00261,arisefromasinglerulingofthetrialcourtingrantingtheappellantadelayedappealbaseduponineffectiveassistantofcounsel. Thus,theappellanthasseveredtheissuesofhisdelayedappealandisconcurrentlychallengingondirectappealboththesentencingdecisionofthetrialcourtandhisconstitutionalrighttotheeffectiveassistanceofcounselviapostconvictionprocess. Thiscourthasheldthatapetitionforpostconvictionreliefmaynotbemaintainedwhileadirectappealofthesamesentenceandconvictionispending.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4030202(a)and(c)(1996Supp.).SeealsoKindallv.State,No.01C019605CR00178(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,Mar.13,1997);Denamiv.State,No.01C019507CR00224(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,July5,1996);seeJonesv.State,No.02C019103CR00038(Tenn.Crim.App.atJackson,Dec.11,1991)perm.toappealdenied,(Tenn.Dec.30,1991). Fortheabovereason,Iwouldfindthattheinstantpetitionwasfiledprematurelyandshouldhavebeendismissedaccordingly.     ____________________________________     DAVIDG.HAYES,Judge