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(x   Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCriminalCourtAffirmed  P   #YMXQ#XQX.YMJoeG.Riley,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJosephM._Tipton_andDavidG. ( Hayes,JJ.,joined.  JamesE.Thomas,Memphis,Tennessee,fortheappellant,MelvinJohnson.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;P.RobinDixon,Jr.,AssistantAttorneyGeneral; t WilliamL.Gibbons,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andRaymondJ._Lepone_,AssistantDistrictAttorney ` General,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. L   OPINION #YMXXQ#XQXYM #`" #YMXXQ #  XQXYM  OnOctober20,2000,thepetitioner,MelvinJohnson,pledguiltytoattemptedfirstdegree $8 $ murderandwassentencedtofifteenyearsintheDepartmentofCorrection.OnFebruary15,2002, %$!% thepetitioner,actingprose,filedapetitionforpostconvictionrelief,allegingineffectiveassistance &"& ofcounselandaninvoluntaryguiltyplea.Henotedinhispetitionthathewasfilingbeyondtheone '"' yearstatuteoflimitationsbecausehewashousedina therapeuticcommunitywith limitedaccess (#( tolegalassistanceandnolawbooks.Thetrialcourtdismissedthepetitionasuntimelyunderthe )$) oneyearstatuteoflimitations.Thisappealfollowed. p*%*   Thepetitionercontendsthatduetohissegregationfromthegeneralprisonpopulation,hedid H,', nothaveaccesstoadequatelegalmaterialsandadequatelegalassistance,thusviolatinghis 4-(- _constitutionalrighttoaccesstothecourts.Thepetitionerfurthercontendstheoneyearstatuteof  limitationsshouldbetolledasaresult.Wedisagree.  8   ` UnderthecurrentPostConvictionProcedureAct,allpetitionsmustbefiled t withinone(1)yearofthedateofthefinalactionofthehigheststateappellatecourt ` towhichanappealistakenor,ifnoappealistaken,withinone(1)yearofthedate L  onwhichthejudgmentbecamefinal,orconsiderationofsuchpetitionshallbe 8  barred.$ t   Tenn.CodeAnn.4030202(a).  L    Thestatutefurtherprovidesthatacourtmayconsiderapetitionfiledoutsidetheoneyear $  periodif(1)anewconstitutionalrighthasbeenrecognized;(2)thepetitionersinnocencehasbeen   establishedbynewscientificevidence;or(3)apreviousconvictionthatenhancedthepetitioners   sentencehasbeenheldtobeinvalid.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030202(b)(1)!(3).     Inadditiontotheexceptionsexpressedinthestatute,theTennesseeSupremeCourthasheld p acourtmayconsideranotherwiseuntimelypetitioniftheapplicationofthestatuteoflimitations \ wouldbeadenialofdueprocess.Burfordv.State,845S.W.2d204,208(Tenn.1992).Thus,a H mentallyincompetentpetitionerisentitledtotollingreliefduringtheperiodofincompetency.Seals 4 v.State,23S.W.3d272,279(Tenn.2000).  p     Inthepresentaction,thepleaandsentencewereenteredinOctober2000.Thepetitionerdid H notfileapetitionforpostconvictionreliefuntilFebruary15,2002,welloveroneyearafterfinal 4 judgment.     Thepetitionerassertsthatthestatuteoflimitationsshouldbetolledbecausehelackedthe  adequatelegalresourcesandassistancerequiredtopreparethepetitionasaresultofhisincarceration  inasegregatedareaofthestatepenitentiary.Neitherthedueprocessexceptionnorthestatutory  exceptionsforuntimelyfilinglistedinTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection4030202(b)applyinthis l case.SeeWilliamLynnJohnsonv.State,No.02C019605CR00136,1997Tenn.Crim.App. X  LEXIS555,at**89(Tenn.Crim.App.June10,1997,atJackson),perm.toapp.denied(Tenn. D! Sept.15,1997)(holdingthatincarcerationinafederalprisonwithoutaccesstoTennesseelegal 0"  resourcesdoesnotfallwithinthestatutoryexceptionsnortheBurfordexception);FreddieMansv. #l! State,No.02C019605CR00147,1997Tenn.Crim.App.LEXIS548,at**911(Tenn.Crim.App. $X" June9,1997,atJackson),perm.toapp.denied(Tenn.Dec.8,1997). $D #   Inaccordancewithprevailingcaselaw,weholdthepetitionerslackofadequatelegal &"% resourcesdoesnottolltheoneyearstatuteoflimitations.Weaffirmthetrialcourtsdismissalof '#& thepetitionforpostconvictionrelief. (#'    `     h     ___________________________________ |*%)    `     h     JOEG.RILEY,JUDGE