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XyXXX `   0  (#$  0  ,cAZ"Arial Regular,cAZ"Arial Regular  $XEXXX `   1    Thejuryinstructionsdonotappearintherecord,althoughthepetitioner `  allegedhedidnothaveaccesstotherecordofhisdirectappeal.Hefiledamotionthatthetranscriptoftrialbeprovidedtohim,butthemotionwasneverruledupon.Inlightoftheseuniquefacts, XEXXXEweelecttoexcuseWilliamsfromhis 0  TennesseeRuleofAppellateProcedure24(g)burdenofpreparingacompleterecordwhichallowsthiscourttoreviewtheissues.SeeTenn.R.App.P.2  (suspensionofrulesforgoodcause).Weareabletodothisbecauseeveniftheinstructiongivenatthepetitioner'strialwasidenticaltotheonegiveninRickman,nobasisforreliefhasbeenstated.#XEXX XE# d""""'dxd(3$  !  -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd  !  ^^`   TR[A'Legal3'A' Legal3'T X?XXX7 ? XXdd7  h^r*<,(j 8` `@Ef ` 8ttxP`  r^hhr*<,(j 8` `@Ef ` 8ttxP`  rh^^ @ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE P  ̀@@@'ATNASHVILLE 0  @"SEPTEMBER1998SESSION    JEROMEWILLIAMS, h     ) p   `     h     ) p  `   `  Appellant, h     ) p C.C.A.No.01C019709CR00441 P   `     h     )vs. `     h     ) p DavidsonCounty x  0   `     h     ) STATEOFTENNESSEE, h     ) p Hon.J.RandallWyatt,Jr.,Judge  p   `     h     ) `  `  Appellee. h     ) p (PostConviction) P  `     h     FORTHEAPPELLANT: h      p FORTHEAPPELLEE:   JEROMEWILLIAMS h      p JOHNKNOXWALKUP   ProSe    h      p AttorneyGeneral&Reporter  p CCA/SCCCP.O.Box2790  0h(#(#0h(#h(#0(#(#0p(#(# GEORGIABLYTHEFELNER "Pp(#p(# Clifton,TN38425   h      p CounselfortheState #@  `     h      p 425FifthAve.N.,2dFloor  $0   `     h      p Nashville,TN372430493 %   `     h      p VICTORS.JOHNSON,III  `'    `     h      p DistrictAttorneyGeneral P(!  `     h      p KATYNOVAKMILLER 0* #  `     h      p Asst.DistrictAttorneyGeneral  +!$  `     h      p WashingtonSquare,Suite500 `     h      p 222SecondAve.North `     h      p Nashville,TN372011649 OPINIONFILED:________________AFFIRMEDCURWOODWITT,JUDGE  p5,/   `6-0 @qq* OPINION  `   `  Thepetitioner,JeromeWilliams,appealstheDavidsonCountyCriminalCourt'ssummarydismissalofhispetitionforpostconvictionrelief.Thepetitioneriscurrentlyservinganeffective55yearsentenceforhisconvictionsofarmedrobberyandaggravatedrape.Statev.JeromeWilliams,No.8686III(Tenn.  Crim.App.,Nashville,Feb.12,1987).Hefiledanunsuccessfulpostconvictionpetitionchallenginghisconvictions.SeeJeromeWilliamsv.State,No.01C01 @  9105CR00152(Tenn.Crim.App.,Nashville,Nov.14,1991),perm.app.denied   (Tenn.1992).Inthepresentaction,heseekstoreopenhispreviouspostconvictionactionbyallegingthatajuryinstructiongivenathistrialequatingmoralcertaintywithreasonabledoubtviolatedhisconstitutionalrights.Followingareviewoftherecordandthebriefsoftheparties,weaffirmthetrialcourt'sdismissalofthedefendant'spetition. `  Apetitionerisentitledtobringonlyonepostconvictionactionattackingagivenjudgment.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030202(c)(1997).However,apetitionermayseektoreopenapreviouslydeterminedpostconvictionactionifhisnewclaimisbaseduponanappellatedecisionestablishinganewconstitutionalrightwhichhadnotbeenrecognizedatthetimeoftrial,providedtherightistobeappliedretrospectively.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030217(a)(1)(1997). `  Inhisprosepetition,Williamsassertsthatunconstitutionaljury 0`'* instructionsweregivenregardingreasonabledoubtandmoralcertaintywhich"allowedtheconvictiononlessthanwhatisrequiredbytheDueProcessClausetotheUnitedStatesConstitution."Furthermore,thepetitionsought"theapplicationoftheprinciplesannouncedin[]]]Rickmanv.Dutton,864F.Supp.686(M.D.Tenn. @8.2 М1994)."Althoughnotclearlystatedinthepetition,wegleanthatWilliams'complaint  :04 isthatthejurywasimproperlyinstructedonanambiguousdefinitionofreasonabledoubtwhichimpermissiblyloweredthestate'sburdenofproofviausageofthephrases"moralcertainty"and"letthemindresteasily." #  1      ׀SeeRickmanCBvBCDv.DuttonD,   М864F.Supp.EatEF686,F񛀜70809G(M.D.TenGHG,.GHIn.1994)IKI;IJ[JKJ,aff'donothergrounds,131F.3d1150  (6thCir.1997),cert.denied,U.S.,118S.Ct.1826,1827(1998)JLJ]JL.   `  ThiscourtandtheTennesseeSupremeCourthaveconsistentlyrejectedchallengestojuryinstructionsusingphraseologysimilartothatwhichweinferisthebasisofWilliams'complaint.See,e.g.,Statev.Bush,942S.W.2d489, ` 52021(Tenn.1997)(appendix),cert.denied,U.S.,118S.Ct.376(1997); @ Statev.Nichols,877S.W.2d722(Tenn.1994);Statev.Sexton,917S.W.2d263   (Tenn.Crim.App.1995);accordXEXX XEԀ# XEXXXE#Victorv.Nebraska,511U.S.1,114S.Ct.1239  (1994)(moralcertaintyinstructionsmaypassconstitutionalscrutinyifusedwithfurthermodifyinginstructionsthatlendmeaningtothephrase).Additionally,XEXX XEthe !` SixthCircuithascastgravedoubtontheviabilityofthedistrictcourt'srulinginRickmanbyupholdingtheconstitutionalityofthereasonabledoubt/moralcertainty %  instructiongivenataTennesseedeathrowinmate'strialinAustinv.Bell,126F.3d `'  843,84647(6thCir.1997),cert.denied,U.S.,118S.Ct.1526,1547(1998).# XEXXXEE# @)"  `  Inanyevent,Rickmanisofnoprecedentialvalue.ThiscourtMconsidersitselfMNisNbound -#& bythepreviousrulingsoftheTennesseeSupremeCourtdespitetheadverse .%( holdingsofthefederaldistrictcourt.LLSee,e.g.,Sexton,917S.W.2dat266.Asan `  inferiorappellatecourtweareboundtofollowtheprecedentofourstate'shighestcourt.SeeBargerv.Brock,535S.W.2d337,341(Tenn.1976).    `  Asaresult,Williamshasnotestablishedanewconstitutionalrightwhichistoberetroactivelyapplied.Therefore,heisnotentitledtoreopenhispostconvictionclaim,andthisappealmustfail.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4030217(a)(1) @  (1997). `  OFindingnoerroroflawrequiringreversalOPAccordinglyP,weaffirmtheQjudgmentoftheQtrialcourtR'sR񛀜dismissSingSTalofTthepetitioner'sclaim.̜UU `     h     _______________________________̜WVCONCUR:VW `     h     CURWOODWITT,JUDGE̜XXXXYXconcuXYZCONCURZ[Z;Z[\:\_____________________________GARYR.WADE,JUDGE_____________________________THOMAST.WOODALL,JUDGE