WPCM  h漲C'Y3v4ĉ3拈rU'%ICݺ+mi ͶG+]a%@>fnm䐱wNtG"St$6'&Q>.uT&˷4h#Z ێ6Gzjyyg.boN",HLㅨfXQ$>)[ hN$\]^w5HuhFWt{IZ ={[&[~FX>H^hȣ''v ( "aG-=un#iY'FD HmeMZesn*72?~nB*UNL % 0(U:w@4BVe'mU: AQ 0D 0D) 0Dmm D/ B B D3 (9 Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($,  AZ"Arial Regular EEeEӀeE%dd3|x  ""   XyXXX r6X Xy   Ad FILED XyX r6   October6,1998  CecilCrowson,Jr. X XyAppellateCourtClerk ,cAZ"Arial Regular!"#$&C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(3$ !  (3$ !  ($$   1  ((' dxd dP Pd'''''dxd !  XyXXX  TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'Tr )<,(j 8` `@E` ttx$ rߛ@  INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @=='ATKNOXVILLE@$AUGUST1998SESSIONBILLYJOELINTICUM, @-) p C.C.A.NO.03C019710CR00458   ` @-) ` Appellant,@-) p HAMILTON COUNTYNO.210653   2  @-) VS. @-) p HON.STEPHENM.BEVIL,    @-) p JUDGE     STATEOFTENNESSEE, @-)   @-) p AFFIRMEDRULE20  x   ` Appellee.@-) d @+ ORDER  L  ` Thepetitionerwasconvictedbyajuryoffirstdegreemurderin1975andsentencedtodeath.ThisCourtaffirmedtheconviction,butthesentencewascommutedtolifeimprisonmentbyexecutiveaction.Hamiltonv.State,555S.W.2d 8 724(Tenn.Crim.App.1977). ` ThepetitionerfiledaprosepetitionforpostconvictionreliefonMay9,1996, !   allegingthatthe"reasonabledoubt"juryinstructiongivenathistrialviolatedhisconstitutionalrights.Counselwasappointed,andanamendedpetitionwasfiled.Afterahearing,thetrialcourtdismissedthepetitionfindingthejuryinstructiondidnotviolatethepetitioner'srights. ` First,thepetitioner'sclaimsarebarredbythestatuteoflimitations.Thepetitioner'sclaimsfallunderthepurviewoftheformerPostConvictionProcedureAct.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030102(repealed1995).TheprioractprovidedathreeyearstatuteoflimitationcommencingonJuly1,1986,foroffenseswhichhadreceivedfinalactionfromthehigheststateappellatecourttowhichanappealwastakenpriortothatdate.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030102(repealed1995).AstheTennesseeSupremeCourtdeniedcertiorarionthepetitioner'sdirectappealAugust 506 1,1977,thestatuteoflimitationsforthepetitionerexpiredJuly1,1989. ` Werethepetitionnottimebarred,thepetitioner'sargumentiswithoutmerit.The"moralcertainty"languagecomplainedofhaswithstoodconstitutional ;P6< challenges.SeeCarterv.State,958S.W.2d620,626(Tenn.1997);Statev.  Noichols,877S.W.2d722,734(Tenn.1994)..   ` Itis,therefore,ORDEREDthatthejudgmentofthetrialcourtisbeaffirmedinaccordancewithRule20,RulesoftheCourtofCriminalAppeals.Costsaretaxedtothestateasthepetitionerisindigent.  `     h      p _________________________ H   `     h      p JOEG.RILEY,JUDGECONCUR:___________________________JOSEPHM.TIPTON,JUDGE___________________________THOMAST.WOODALL,JUDGE