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F  Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCriminalCourtAffirmed.  &v   #X3#X3X.DavidH.Welles,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJohnEverettWilliams,J.and V WilliamB._Acree_,Jr.,_Sp.J._,joined. F JerryL.Johns,_Wartburg_,Tennessee,ProSe. & PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;DavidH._Findley_,AssistantAttorneyGeneral; !  andRandallE._Nichols_,DistrictAttorneyGeneral,forappellee,StateofTennessee. "! @@OO& OPINION #XX3#X3X $# #XX3 #X3X    In1987,theDefendantwasconvictedinKnoxCountyoffeloniousassaultwithintentto f&!% commitfirstdegreemurder,aggravated_kidnapping_Ԁbytheuseofadeadlyweapon,armedrobbery, V'"& andrecklessdriving,forwhichhereceivedaneffectivesentenceofseventythreeyears.We F(#' affirmedtheDefendant'sconvictionsondirectappeal,andthesupremecourtdeniedreview.See 6)$( Statev.JerryLeonJohns,No.1145,1988WL74648(Tenn._Crim_.App.,Knoxville,July22,1988), &*v%) perm.app.denied(Tenn.Nov.7,1988).#XX3+ #X3XԀTheDefendantthensoughtpostconvictionreliefinKnox +f&* County,allegingthathehadbeendeniedtheeffectiveassistanceofcounsel.Thetrialcourtdenied ,V'+ reliefafteranevidentiaryhearing,andweaffirmedthatdenialonappeal.SeeJerryL.Johnsv.State, ,F(, No.03C019406CR00214,1995WL447778(Tenn._Crim_.App.,Knoxville,July31,1995),perm. -6)- _app.denied(Tenn.Dec.28,1995).Subsequently,theDefendantfiledapetitionforwritofhabeas  corpusinBledsoeCounty,wherehewasincarcerated,allegingthattheStateofTennesseelacked  jurisdictiontotryhimforchargesinKnoxCounty.ThisCourtaffirmedthetrialcourtsdismissal  oftheDefendant'spetition,andthesupremecourtagaindeniedreview.SeeJohnsv.Bowlen,942  S.W.2d544(Tenn.Crim.App.),perm.app.denied(Tenn.1996).TheDefendantthenfiledanother p petitionforwritofhabeascorpusinMorganCounty,allegingthathewasentitledtohabeascorpus `  reliefbecausetheconvictingcourtlackedjurisdictiontoimposeanysentenceforaClassXfelony P  andbecausethecourtminuteswereunsigned,makingthejudgmentsagainsthimvoid.Thetrial @  courtdeniedhabeascorpusrelief,andweaffirmedthatdenial,holdingthatthetrialcourthad 0  jurisdictiontosentencetheDefendantandthatthefailuretosignthecourtminutesdidnotrender  p  thejudgmentsvoid.SeeJerryL.Johnsv.State,No.E19900260CCAR3CD,2000WL262901 `  (Tenn.Crim.App.,Knoxville,Mar.9,2000),perm.app.denied(Tenn.Sept.11,2000).OnJanuary P  19,2000,beforewereleasedouropinionaffirmingthedenialofhabeascorpusrelief,theDefendant, @  proceedingprose,filedadocumentintheKnoxCountyCriminalCourtentitledMotiontoVacate 0  Judgment.Inthatdocument,heaskedthetrialcourttovacatethejudgmententeredagainsthim   onApril10,1987duetothesameerrorshehadallegedinhismostrecentpetitionforwritofhabeas  corpus.Inhismotion,theDefendantallegedthathisconvictionsandsentenceswereillegal  becausethetrialcourtdidnothavejurisdictiontosentencehimforaClassXfelony,andthe  judgmentswerevoidbecausethetrialjudgedidnotsignthecourtminutes.Thetrialcourtdismissed  theDefendant'smotion,holdingthatitwasbarredbythestatuteoflimitationssetforthinTennessee  CodeAnnotatedsection4030202,governingpetitionsforpostconvictionrelief. p   Asageneralrule,atrialcourtsjudgmentbecomesfinalthirtydaysafteritsentryunlessa P timelynoticeofappealoraspecifiedposttrialmotionisfiled.Pendergrass,937S.W.2d834,837 @ (Tenn.1996);Tenn.R.App.P.4(a),(c).Onceajudgmentbecomesfinaloratimelynoticeof 0 appealhasbeenfiled,thetrialcourtlosesjurisdictionoverthematter.Pendergrass,937S.W.2dat  p 837.Afteratrialcourtlosesjurisdiction,itgenerallyhasnopowertoalteroramenditsjudgment. ` Id.;Statev.Moore,814S.W.2d381,382(Tenn.Crim.App.1991).Thejudgmentinthiscasewas P enteredonApril10,1987.Thetrialcourtlostjurisdictiontoalteroramendthejudgmentwhenthe @ Defendantfiledhisnoticeofappeal.Thus,thetrialcourthadnoauthoritytovacatethejudgment 0 pursuanttotheDefendant'smotionintheyear2000,thirteenyearsaftertheentryofthejudgment.   Ѐ   !   If,however,adocumentfiledbyaprosedefendantisactuallyarequestthatmaybegranted "  pursuanttothepostconvictionstatutes,atrialcourtmayproperlytreatthedocumentasapetition #! forpostconvictionrelief.SeeArcherv.State,851S.W.2d157,164(Tenn.1993).Reliefunderour $" PostConvictionProcedureActwillbegrantedwhenadefendant'sconvictionorsentenceisvoid % # orvoidablebecauseoftheabridgmentofanyrightguaranteedbyeithertheTennesseeConstitution p&!$ ortheUnitedStatesConstitution.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030203.However,inordertoseeksuch `'"% relief,adefendantmustpetitionforpostconvictionreliefwithintheapplicablestatuteoflimitations. P(#& Id.4030202(a).PursuanttothestatuteoflimitationsineffectwhentheDefendantwas @)$' convicted,theDefendanthaduntilNovember7,1991tofileapetitionforpostconvictionrelief. 0*%( Seeid.4030102(repealed1995);Carterv.State,952S.W.2d417,41820(Tenn.1997).  +p&) Becausethispetitionwasfiledin2000,itwasclearlyfiledoutsidethestatuteoflimitations. ,`'* Ї  Inaddition,onlyonepetitionforpostconvictionreliefwillbeconsidered;ifapriorpetition  hasbeenfiledandresolvedonthemeritsbyacourtofcompetentjurisdiction,anysubsequent  petitionshallbesummarilydismissed. )#  1      ׀Tenn.CodeAnn.4030202(c).Here,theDefendanthad  alreadyfiledapetitionforpostconvictionreliefwhichwasresolvedonthemerits.SeeJerryL.  Johns,1995WL447778.Thus,theDefendant'spresentpetitionwasproperlydismissed. p   Moreover,adefendantmustshowthatthegroundsforreliefallegedinthepetitionhavenot P  beenpreviouslydetermined,orthepetitionshallbedismissed.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4030206(f). @  Thefactsallegedintheinstantpetitionwerethesameoneswhichwerepreviouslydeterminedinthe 0  Defendant'smostrecentpetitionforhabeascorpusrelief.SeeJerryL.Johns,2000WL262901.For  p  thisreason,also,theDefendant'spetitionwasproperlydismissed. `    Fortheforegoingreasons,weconcludethattheDefendant'sdocumententitledMotionto @  VacateJudgmentwasproperlytreatedasapetitionforpostconvictionreliefanddismissed.The 0  judgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.      `     h     ___________________________________     `     h     DAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGE