WPC :{vogmgUSar~mQ i];xjao$bs1/VS!65wIү nu l]v~?Ϛgr1C.Zu,j3]fZ(k8D D\hy4kx8 N^h[4)uT}| Šs :y*&;89 rE翯~4 .l^KϰFB 6=/}G8viA[GFU2 $yߨ/mԾRG-exI]h=?~F"񼇉eZBpe`-Kv{pz {<~k\(ۯ̆[ mP,=e@ۋgBp#X+T>~f7Pwq,FcQVb %\Nb 0dUJNg: z  z g N9 ;  zSNw^ ywE4 mUN 1 0 c 1u  72 0D#b 0 B 0 D5S D- 0K ASS 0 0D A(`$.8dd8    ("  Z6Times New Roman Regular ] R$      3    _Thepetitionerraisedthisargumentinregardstothefilingofhispetitionoutsidethestatuteoflimitationsfor  filingforpostconvictionrelief.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4030102(a)(2003).C:\PROGRA~1\COREL\WORDPE~1\TEMPLATE\CUSTOM~1\REVISE~1.WPTC:\Program Files\Corel\WordPerfect Office 2000\Template\Custom WP Templates\revised standard opinion.wpt C:\PROGRA~1\COREL\WORDPE~1\TEMPLATE\CUSTOM~1\REVISE~1.WPTC:\Program Files\Corel\WordPerfect Office 2000\Template\Custom WP Templates\revised standard opinion.wpt  R$      1    _Inhispetition,thepetitioneralsoargued, Duetotheminimalculpabilityofthepetitioner,theresulting  sentencehereceivedamountstocruelandunusualpunishmentunderthe8thAmendmenttotheConstitutionofthe q UnitedStates.However,thepetitionerdidnotpursuethisissueonappeal.  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DavidA.Collins,Nashville,Tennessee,fortheappellant,Moses_Coury_. q PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;HelenaWalton_Yarbrough_,AssistantAttorney C General;RonaldL.Davis,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andDerekK.Smith,AssistantDistrict ,| AttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. e @@OO& OPINION #aXX #XXa  7   I.FactualBackground  " "   XIXXX  ThepetitionercommittedtheoffenseofassaultbyambushonJune15,1981.OnSeptember $$ 24,1983,thepetitionerwasconvictedaschargedbyajuryintheWilliamsonCountyCircuitCourt v% % andwassentencedtothirtyfiveyearsincarceration.Thiscourtaffirmedthepetitionersconviction _&!& ondirectappeal.Statev._Coury_,697S.W.2d373(Tenn._Crim_.App.1985).Thepetitioner H'"' subsequentlyfiledapetitionforpostconvictionrelief,allegingineffectiveassistanceofcounselat 1(#( trial.Thiscourtaffirmedthelowercourtsdenialofthatpetition#XXXXI #XIXXX# XXI9 #XIX .MosesA._Coury_Ԁv.State,No. )j$) 01C019007CC00174,1991WL23743(Tenn._Crim_.App.atNashville,Feb.26,1991).The *S%* petitioneriscurrentlyincarceratedattheWestTennesseeStatePenitentiaryinLauderdaleCounty.# XXI#XIX #XXXXI#XIXXX *<&+   OnFebruary25,2003,thepetitionerfiledintheWilliamsonCountyCircuitCourtan ,(-  ApplicationforWritofHabeasCorpusorintheAlternativeaPetitionforPostConvictionRelief, -(. _allegingthatheshouldhavebeensentencedundertheCriminalSentencingReformActof1982and  thathissentenceisillegalandvoid.  ##  1      ׀Thetrialcourttreatedthepetitionasoneforpostconviction  reliefandenteredanorderappointingcounsel.Afterthefilingofanamendedpetition,theState  filedamotiontodismiss,arguingthatthepetitionwastimebarred.TheStatearguedinthe k alternativethatifthepetitionweredeemedtobeoneforhabeascorpusrelief,thepetitionmustbe T dismissedforthepetitionersfailuretofilethepetitionincompliancewithTennesseeCode =  Annotatedsection2921105(2000),whichrequiresthatthepetitionbefiledin thecourt...most & v convenientinpointofdistancetotheapplicant....#XXXXI#XIXXX# XXI#XIX ԀThetrialcourtgrantedtheStatesmotionand  _ dismissedthepetition,findingthepetitiontobebarredbythestatuteoflimitationsforfilingfor  H postconvictionrelief.Thetrialcourtfurtherorderedthat anyapplicationforwritofhabeascorpus  1  shouldbefiledincompliancewithStatelaw.      Thepetitionernowbringsthisappeal,arguing,   8  8`   I.0 ` x` xITWASERRORFORTHETRIALCOURTTODISMISS n  THE[PETITIONERS]PETITIONFORAWRITOF W  HABEASCORPUS.@ x x 8  8`   II.0 ` x` xITWASERRORFORTHETRIALCOURTTODISMISS )y THE[PETITIONERS]PETITIONFORPOST b CONVICTIONRELIEF.K x x 8  8`   III.0 ` x` xTHEDISMISSALOFTHE[PETITIONERS]PETITION 4 WITHOUTANEVIDENTIARYHEARINGVIOLATED  THE[PETITIONERS]DUEPROCESSOFLAWRIGHTS  GUARANTEEDUNDERTHE5THAMENDMENTTO  THECONSTITUTIONOFTHEUNITEDSTATES. x x 8  8`   IV.0 ` x` xTHE[PETITIONER]ISENTITLEDTORELIEFFROM q THERECORDINTHISCASE.$ ##  2      Z x x #XXXXI###aXXe#XXa   II.Analysis  ,|   XIXXX  Initially,weaddressthepetitionersclaimthatthetrialcourterredbydismissinghispetition O asbarredbythestatuteoflimitationsforfilingforpostconvictionrelief.Althoughweaffirmthe  8 trialcourtsdismissalofthepetition,wedosoondifferentgrounds. !!    ThePostConvictionProcedureActof1995contemplatesthefilingofonlyonepetitionfor #" postconvictionreliefandprovidesforthesummarydismissalofasubsequentpetitionifaprevious $# petitionhasbeenfiledandresolvedonthemerits.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030102(c)(2003).The u% $ petitionerfiledapreviouspetitionforpostconvictionrelief,thedismissalofwhichthiscourt ^&!% affirmedin1991.MosesA.Couryv.State,No.01C019007CC00174,1991WL23743(Tenn.  Crim.App.atNashville,Feb.26,1991).Accordingly,thepetitionerisbarredfromfilingasecond  petition.However,underlimitedcircumstances,apetitionermayfileamotiontoreopenaprior  petitionforpostconvictionrelief.TennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection4030117(a)(2003)provides k thatapetitionermayfileamotiontoreopenthefirstpostconvictionpetitionif: T  (83 "3"  8  8`   3#2(  1  )3  0 ` x` x  Theclaiminthemotionisbaseduponafinalrulingofan & v appellatecourtestablishingaconstitutionalrightthatwasnot  _ recognizedasexistingatthetimeoftrial,ifretrospective  H applicationofthatrightisrequired...;or3##݌ 1  x x Ќ  "3"  8  8`   3%2(  2  )3  0 ` x` x  Theclaiminthemotionisbaseduponnewscientific    evidenceestablishingthatsuchpetitionerisactuallyinnocent   oftheoffenseoroffensesforwhichthepetitionerwas   convicted;or3%%݌  x x Ќ  "3"  8  8`   3'2(  3  )3  0 ` x` x  Theclaimassertedinthemotionseeksrelieffromasentence n  thatwasenhancedbecauseofapreviousconvictionandsuch W  convictioninthecaseinwhichtheclaimisassertedwasnot @ aguiltypleawithanagreedsentence,andtheprevious )y convictionhassubsequentlybeenheldtobeinvalid...;and3''݌b x x Ќ  "3"  8  8`   3)2(  4  )3  0 ` x` x  Itappearsthatthefactsunderlyingtheclaim,iftrue,would K establishbyclearandconvincingevidencethatthepetitioner 4 isentitledtohavetheconvictionsetasideorthesentence  reduced.3)?*݌ x x Ќ  8  8`    ` x` x   Inhispetitionandonappeal,thepetitionercontendsthatoursupremecourtsdecisionin  Dixonv.Holland,70S.W.3d33(Tenn.2002),establishedaconstitutionalrightnotrecognizedas q existingatthetimeoftrial. ##  3      ׀Wedisagree. Z   InDixon,oursupremecourtheldthatDixonssentencetolifewithoutthepossibilityof ,| paroleforkidnappingforransomunderTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection392603(1975)wasvoid e andgrantedhabeascorpusrelief.Id.at38.TennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection392603(1975) N providedthatanypersonconvictedofkidnappingforransomwouldbesubjecttoatermof  7 imprisonment forlifeorforatermofyearsnotlessthantwenty(20)withoutpossibilityofparole, !   atthediscretionofthejurytryingthesame.However,afterthecommissionoftheoffensebutprior " ! toDixonstrial,thisstatutewasamendedaspartoftheClassXFeloniesActof1979,andthe #" amendmentestablishedtheoffenseofaggravatedkidnappingwhichincludedkidnappingforransom. $# Tenn.CodeAnn.392603(Supp.1979).Apersonconvictedofaggravatedkidnapping,aClass t% $ Xfelony,wassubjecttoasentenceoftwentyyearstolifewithpossibilityofparole.Id.Thesavings ]&!% statuteineffectatthetimeoftheoffenseandatDixonstrialprovided, F'"&   /(#' 8  8`   Wheneveranypenalstatuteorpenallegislativeactofthestateis   repealedoramendedbyasubsequentlegislativeact,anyoffense,as  definedbysuchstatuteoractbeingrepealedoramended,committed  whilesuchstatuteoractwasinfullforceandeffectshallbe k prosecutedundersuchactorstatuteineffectatthetimeofthe T commissionoftheoffense.Intheeventthesubsequentactprovides =  foralesserpenalty,anypunishmentimposedshallbeinaccordance & v withthesubsequentact. ]` x` x Tenn.CodeAnn.39114(1975)(emphasisadded).Thesupremecourtheldthatpursuanttothe  /  savingsstatute,Dixonshouldhavebeensentencedtolifewiththepossibilityofparole,thelesser    penaltyprovidedbythe1979statute.Dixon,70S.W.3dat3738.     Contrarytothepetitionerscontention,theholdinginDixondidnotestablishanew   constitutionalright.Instead,itclarifiedthelawexistingatthetimeofDixonssentencing. l  Accordingly,theholdinginDixondoesnotprovideabasisforreopeningthepetitionersfirst U  petitionforpostconvictionrelief.  ##  4      #XXXXIR##aXX# aXIX  > #XXXXI]9##aXX|9#XXa  XIXXXThepetitioneralsocontendsthatthetrialcourterredbydismissinghispetitionforfailure ` tocomplywithTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection2921105(2000).Underthisstatute,apetition I forhabeascorpusrelief shouldbemadetothecourtorjudgemostconvenientinpointofdistance 2 totheapplicant,unlessasufficientreasonbegiveninthepetitionfornotapplyingtosuchcourtor  judge.#XXXXI":##aXX9#XXaTheproceduralprovisionsofthehabeascorpusstatutesaremandatoryandmustbe  scrupulouslyfollowed.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,165(Tenn.1993).    #aXXs<#XXaThepetitionerfiledhispetitionintheWilliamsonCountyCircuitCourt;however,heis o currentlyincarceratedinLauderdaleCounty.XIXXX# XXI=#XIX AsreasonforfilingintheWilliamsonCountyCircuit X Court,thepetitioneraverred, A 8  8`   [S]incethe[petition]isadualrequestforrelief,andpetitionsforpost c convictionreliefaretobefiledinthecountyofconviction,andsince L PetitionersprobonocounselisinNashville,Tennessee;andinthe  5 interestofjudicialeconomy,...[theWilliamsonCountyCircuit !  Court]istheproperforumforthisaction."!` x` x Aspreviouslynoted,the#XXXXIG>#petitionerisbarredfromfilingasecondpetitionforpostconvictionrelief.#aXX>#XXaXIXXXԀ $# Moreover,weconcludethatfilinginthecountywhichismoreeconomicalforcounselisnota r% $  sufficientreasonundersection2921105forfilingapetitionforhabeascorpusreliefinthecourt [&!% ofconvictioninsteadofthecourtmostconvenienttothepetitioner.#XXXXIA##aXXA#XXa D'"&  -(}#'   #aXXC#XXaXIXXXRegardless,thepetitionerfailstostateacognizableclaimforhabeascorpusrelief.  Tennesseelawprovidesnarrowgroundsuponwhichhabeascorpusreliefmaybegranted.McLaney  v.Bell,59S.W.3d90,92(Tenn.2001)#XXXXID#XIXXX# XXIC#XIX .InTennessee,suchreliefmaybesoughtonlywhenthe  judgmentisvoid,notmerelyvoidable.#XXXXIeE##aXXE#XXaԀXIXXXStephensonv.Carlton,28S.W.3d910,911(Tenn.2000).#XXXXIF##aXXF#XXa k XIXXXInotherwords,habeascorpusreliefwillbegranted onlywhenitappearsuponthefaceofthe T judgmentortherecordoftheproceedingsuponwhichthejudgmentisrenderedthatacourtlacked =  jurisdictionorauthoritytosentenceadefendantorthatthesentencehasexpired.Id.(citingArcher, & v 851S.W.2dat164).#XXXXIG#XIXXX# XXIIG#XIX Atrialcourtmaysummarilydismissapetitionforwritofhabeascorpus  _ withoutahearingortheappointmentofcounselifthepetitionerfailstoshowthatheisentitledto  H relief.Tenn.CodeAnn.2921109(2000);seealsoMcLaney,59S.W.3dat93.#XXXXIZI##aXXI#XXa  1    Inhispetitionandonappeal,thepetitionerarguesthatheisentitledtohabeascorpusrelief   becausehissentenceisvoid.RelyingonDixon,thepetitionerarguesthatpursuanttothesavings   statuteineffectatthetimeofhistrial,heshouldhavebeensentencedundertheCriminalSentencing   ReformActof1982,whichprovidedforjudicialsentencingandestablishedrangesofpunishment. n  Inhispetition,thepetitionerassertsthathadhebeensentencedbythetrialcourtasopposedtothe W  jury,hewouldhavelikelyreceivedalessersentence.Specifically,thepetitionerclaims, @ 8  8`   Whileitistruethattheoretically[thepetitioner]couldhavereceived b thesamesentencethejurygavehim,thatresultisunlikelygiventhe K mitigatingandenhancingfactorsajudgewouldhavebeenrequired 4 toapplyatasentencinghearing.Petitionersminorroleinthe  offensealonewouldwarrantasentencelessthanthemaximum35  years.` x` x   ThepetitionercommittedtheinstantoffenseonJune15,1981,andwasconvictedand q sentencedbythejurytothirtyfiveyearsincarcerationonSeptember24,1983.#aXX=K#XXaԀTheCriminal Z SentencingReformActof1982#aXXAQ#XXaԀdidnotapplytooffensesoccurringpriortoJuly1,1982.Under C TennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection4035112(a)(1982)(emphasisadded), ,| 8  8`   AllpersonswhocommitcrimesonorafterJuly1,1982,shallbetried N andsentencedunderthischapter.Forallpersonswhocommitted  7 crimespriortoJuly1,1982,thepriorlawshallapplyandshall !   remaininfullforceandeffectineveryrespect,includingbutnot " ! limitedtosentencing,paroleandprobation.#"` x` x SeealsoStatev.Turner,919S.W.2d346,361(Tenn.Crim.App.1995).#aXXQ#XXaAccordingly,weconclude t% $ thatthepetitionerhasfailedtodemonstratethathissentenceisvoid.#aXXT#XXa ]&!%   Finally,thepetitionercontendsthatthetrialcourtsdismissalofhispetitionwithouta /(#' hearingviolatedhisrighttodueprocess.However,aspreviouslynoted, [a]trialcourtisnot )h$( required,asamatteroflaw,tograntthewritandconductaninquiryintotheallegationscontained *Q%) inthepetition.Passarella,891S.W.2dat627(footnoteomitted). [W]heretheallegationsina *:&* petitionforwritofhabeascorpusdonotdemonstratethatthejudgmentisvoid,atrialcourtmay +#'+ correctlydismissthepetitionwithoutahearing.McLaney,59S.W.3dat93;seealsoTenn.Code  Ann.2921109.Accordingly,thisissueiswithoutmerit.#aXXU#XXa     III.Conclusion  k     Findingnoreversibleerror#aXX!Y#XXa,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt. >  #aXXY#XXa   `     h     ___________________________________       `     h     NORMAMcGEEOGLE,JUDGE