WPCR /8h#s i\F)U9,*,Є{ )B#-CZP3 5Qc?4@(~ADO $w+&Ņ-1_yNRNK/z%QdрqԹ*bp7M؞~ɋwTU0Wb %\^ b 0nUNwD4H\ zk m #  p 0D6Nzs|UNE===?????????????????????bGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 0OOOO B:: 0W D3 D-. 0K[[ AS 0 0Dc A71 (`$.8dd8    ("  Z6Times New Roman Regularb.TWin103|x 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.wptU\\IB01S08\KNOXCLERK3,,,,0 { RDr$      1  E  _WenotewithinteresttheAppellantscommentswithregardtoparagraphelevenofthepetition: 11.Ifmore  thanone(1)yearhaspassedsincethedateoffinalactiononyourdirectappealbythestateappellatecourt,statewhy t theone(1)yearstatuteoflimitationsshouldnotbaryourclaim.AsofnowIhavea_sentcoced_Ԁ(sic)reductionandwould  liketochangetopostconvictionfiled.Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(#$  0   i RDr$      2  E  _ThePostConvictionProcedureActof1995providesthreeexceptionsforfilingoutsidetheoneyear  limitationsperiod.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030102(a)(2003).Noneoftheseexceptionsareassertedinthiscase.(9 Z6Times New Roman Regular - -(|G2Dr$ !.8 dd8         0  E d(|3?|$ !.8 dd8     VVVV'dxd)!dxdx( $ Figure  1  ^_X`YE<<CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(|3?|$ !.8 dd8     ($$   1  X[Z&OLE 2.0 Box <=8C HKKKK !.8 dd8     _    8IXXdd8@tt INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @WW$ATKNOXVILLE#  #Ԉ &    @  @` AssignedonBriefsAugust17,2004 L XIX  # XXI #BERNIER.MCGILLv.STATEOFTENNESSEEXIX   J @@ Appealfromthe0 @ CriminalCourtforKnoxCounty  J @@No.74853Richard_Baumgartner_,Judge  6 @@*AV) ` dE<` A   @@TTNo.E200400142CCAR3PCFiledSeptember23,_2004_   AV) ` dE<|` A }     TheAppellant,BernieR.McGill,appealsthedismissalofhispetitionforpostconvictionreliefby d theKnoxCountyCriminalCourt.Thepostconvictioncourtconcludedthatitwaswithout P jurisdictiontoreviewMcGillsclaimsbecausethepetitionwasfiledoutsidetheoneyearlimitation < period.Afterreview,weaffirmthedismissalofthepetition. (x  Tenn.R.App.P.3;JudgmentoftheCriminalCourtAffirmed  P   # XI#XIX. DavidG.Hayes,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJames_Curwood_Ԁ_Witt_,Jr.and ( AlanE.GlennJJ.,joined.  J._Liddell_ԀKirk,Knoxville,Tennessee,fortheAppellant,BernieR.McGill.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;MichaelMoore,SolicitorGeneral;HelenWalton t _Yarbrough_,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;RandallE._Nichols_,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andPhillip ` Morton,AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheAppellee,StateofTennessee. L  # XXI=#XIX @@OO& OPINION # XXI #XIX  $"t!  ProceduralHistory #L#  # XXI #  XIX   OnApril2,2001,theAppellantpledguiltytovoluntarymanslaughterandreceivedatenyear %$!% sentenceintheDepartmentofCorrection.Nodirectappealwastakeninthecase.TheAppellant &"& concedesthatthejudgmentbecamefinalonMay2,2001,thirtydaysafterentryofhisguiltyplea. '"' TheAppellant,proceedingprose,filedtheinstantpetitionforpostconvictionreliefallegingvarious (#( constitutionalclaims._  #  1      _ԀThepetitionwasfiledwiththeclerksofficeonMay9,2002.Although )$) _requiredbyTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection4030104(2003),thepetitionisneitherdatednor  swornto.AttherequestoftheAppellant,counselwasappointedandtheamendedgroundof  ineffectiveassistanceofcounselwasalleged.FollowingahearingontheStatesmotiontodismiss,  thepostconvictioncourtdismissedtheAppellantspetitionfindingthatitwastimebarred. t   ANALYSIS  L      ThesoleissueinthiscaseiswhethertheAppellantfiledhispetitionforpostconvictionrelief $ t withintheoneyearstatuteoflimitationsperiod.Therighttofileapetitionisextinguishedupon  ` expirationofthelimitationsperiod,thusdeprivingthepostconvictioncourtofjurisdictionto  L  considerthepetitionsmerits. #  2      ׀Tenn.CodeAnn.4030102(a),(b)(2003).Itisconcededthatthe  8  judgmentofconvictionbecamefinalonMay2,2002,andthatthepetitionwasstampedfiledbythe $  trialcourtclerksofficeonMay9,2002.Thus,thedispositivequestionisthedatetheAppellant   deliveredhispetitiontotheprisonauthorities.Prosepetitionsbyinmates,althoughnotreceived   bytheclerksofficeuntilafterthetimefixedforfiling,nonetheless, shallbedeemedtimelyifthe   papersweredeliveredtotheappropriateindividualatthecorrectionalfacilitywithinthetimefixed   forfiling.Tenn.Sup.Ct.R.28,2(G);Tenn.R.Crim.P.49(c).XIXXXIIneffect, thejaileris...the p clerkofthe[court].Paulv.State,75S.W.3d926,929(Tenn.Crim.App.2001)(citingHouston \ v.Lack,487U.S.266,270,108S.Ct.2379,2382(1988)).#XIXXXI# H   Atthehearingonthemotiontodismiss,theAppellant,althoughprovidedtheopportunity  p todoso,presentednoproofastothedatehedeliveredhispetitiontoprisonauthorities.As  \ previouslynoted,thepetitionisneitherdatednorswornto.Thepostconvictioncourtdismissedthe H petitionconcludingthattheAppellantfailedtoestablishbyclearandconvincingevidencethatthe 4 petitionwastimelyfiled.Onappeal,theAppellantcontendsthatthisrulingiserroneousbecause    [i]tisplausiblethatitcouldhavetakenseven(7)daysfortheprosepetitiontohavefounditsway   fromprisonauthoritiestothedeskoftheKnoxCountyCriminalCourtClerk.Wefindthis  argumentunpersuasive.ThequestionofwhethertheAppellantmailedhispetitionpriortothe  expirationofthestatuteoflimitationsisoneoffacttobedeterminedbythepostconvictioncourt.  Statev.Vickers,970S.W.2d44448(Tenn.1998).Thefactsinthiscasedonotpreponderateagainst l thepostconvictioncourtsfindingsthattheAppellanthasfailedtocarryhisburdenofestablishing X  thatthepetitionwastimelyfiled. D!  XIXXXI   %0!$ CONCLUSION       Basedupontheforegoing,weaffirmtheKnoxCountyCriminalCourtsdismissalofthe  Appellantspetitionforpostconvictionrelief. t #XIXXXI#   `     h     ___________________________________  `    `     h     DAVIDG.HAYES,JUDGE