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@@ DirectAppealfromtheCriminalCourtforShelbyCounty  9 @@No.P27862CarolynWade_Blackett_,Judge  # @@*AV) ` dE<` A   @@TTNo.W200400325CCAR3PCFiledOctober13,2004   AV) ` dE<]` A ^     Thepetitioner,_Alfonzo_ԀWilliams,appealsthepostconvictioncourtssummarydismissalofhis V  petitionforpostconvictionrelief,allegingthatthepostconvictioncourterroneouslyfoundthathis ? petitionwasbarredbythestatuteoflimitations.Uponourreviewoftherecordandtheparties (x briefs,wereversethepostconvictioncourtssummarydismissalofthepetitionandremandfor a furtherproceedingsconsistentwiththisopinion. J  Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCriminalCourtisReversedand  Remanded.     #X#XX.NormaMcGeeOgle,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichGaryR.Wade,_P.J._,and  AlanE.Glenn,J.,joined. r _Alfonzo_ԀWilliams,_Henning_,Tennessee,Prose. D PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;SethP._Kestner_,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;and f WilliamL.Gibbons,DistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. O @@OO& OPINION #XX#XX !!! #XX #  XX  Therecordrevealsthatthepetitionerwasoriginallytriedandconvictedoffelonymurder ## (countone)andseconddegreemurder(counttwo).Thetrialcourtmergedthepetitioners $$ convictionforseconddegreemurderintotheconvictionforfelonymurder.Ondirectappeal,this v% % courtconcludedthatsufficientevidenceexistedtosupportbothconvictions.SeeStatev._Alfonzo_ _&!& Williams,No.W200100452CCAR3CD,2002WL1482695,at*4(Tenn._Crim_.App.atJackson, H'"' March15,2002).Nevertheless,thiscourtreversedthepetitionersconvictionforfelonymurderdue 1(#( tothetrialcourtsfailuretoproperlyinstructthejuryastolesserincludedoffenses.Id.at*6.This )j$) courtsopinionprovidedthat *S%* 8  8`   X XXXtheconvictionforfelonymurderincountoneisreversed;countone +%', isremandedforanewtrialfortheindictedoffenseoffelonymurder ,(- andalllesserincludedoffenses;theguiltyverdictforseconddegree -(. _murderincounttwoisaffirmed;nojudgmentofconvictionunder  counttwoforseconddegreemurdershallbeenteredpending  dispositionofcountone#XXXX M#.` x` x Id.at*7(emphasisadded).OursupremecourtdeniedpermissiontoappealonSeptember23,2002. P   Whiletherecordisunclearastotheeventsthattranspiredafteroursupremecourtsdenial " r ofpermissiontoappeal,thepetitionerclaimsinhisinstantappellatebriefthat [o]nDec.6,2002  [ the[petitioner]wassentencedto20yearsforSeconddegreeMurderinreturnforNolleProsequion  D countone(1)ofhisoriginalindictment.However,thereisnoevidenceintherecordtosupportor  -  refutethepetitionersclaim.      OnNovember14,2003,thepetitionerfiledapetitionforpostconvictionrelief,alleging,   amongothergrounds,ineffectiveassistanceofcounsel.Thepostconvictioncourtdismissedthe   petitionwithoutappointmentofcounseloranevidentiaryhearing.Thepostconvictioncourt j  determinedthatSeptember23,2002,thedateoursupremecourtdeniedpermissiontoappeal,was S  thedatethattriggeredcommencementofthepostconvictionstatuteoflimitations.Therefore,the < courtfoundthatthepetitionerspetitionforpostconvictionrelief,whichwasfiledonNovember %u 14,2003,wasuntimely.Thepetitionercurrentlyappealsthisruling,assertingthat hispetitionwas ^ timelyfiledpursuanttothestatutoryguidelinessetforthbecausehisconvictiondidnotbecomefinal G untiltheexpirationofhisoriginalconviction.Inresponse,theStatemaintainsthatthepost 0 convictioncourtcorrectlyfoundthepetitiontobeuntimely.  @$ II.Analysis     X XXXInitially,wenotethat [r]eliefunder[thePostConvictionProcedureAct]shallbegranted n whentheconvictionorsentenceisvoidorvoidablebecauseoftheabridgmentofanyright W guaranteedbytheConstitutionofTennesseeortheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.Tenn.Code @ Ann.4030103(2003).#XXXX #X XXXԀ#XXXX #X XXXԀHowever,toobtainrelief, )y 8  8`   apersonincustodyunderasentenceofacourtofthisstatemust K petitionforpostconvictionreliefunderthispartwithinone(1)year  4 ofthedateofthefinalactionofthehigheststateappellatecourtto !  whichanappealistaken,orifnoappealistaken,withinone(1)year "! ofthedateonwhichthejudgmentbecamefinal,orconsiderationof #" suchpetitionshallbebarred.$#` x` x Tenn.CodeAnn.4030102(a)(2003);seealsoWilliamsv.State,44S.W.3d464,468(Tenn. Z&!% 2001).#XXXX # C'"&   Aswenotedearlier,thepostconvictioncourtutilizedthedateoursupremecourtdenied )e$( permissiontoappeal,September23,2002,asthedatefromwhichthestatuteoflimitationsforpost )N%) convictionreliefbegantorun.Again,wenotethatthiscourtsopinionondirectappealclearly *7&* statesthat X XXXnojudgmentofconvictionundercounttwoforseconddegreemurdershallbeentered + '+ pendingdispositionofcountone#XXXX #.Williams,No.W200100452CCAR3CD,2002WL1482695,  at*7(emphasisadded).Further,thiscourtreversedthepetitionersconvictionforfelonymurder  andremandedforanewtrial.Id.Accordingly,atthetimethesupremecourtdeniedpermissionto  appeal,therewasnofinaljudgmentofconvictionfromwhichthepetitionercouldappealorseek k postconvictionrelief.Therefore,theSeptember23,2002,dateutilizedbythepostconvictioncourt T wasnotthecorrectdatefortriggeringthepostconvictionstatuteoflimitations.Cf.Alvin =  Featherstonev.State,No.M199901871CCAR3PC,2000WL1278163,at*1(Tenn.Crim.App. & v atNashville,Sept.8,2000).  _   Regrettably,therecordbeforeusdoesnotdefinitivelyshowthedatethatthejudgment(s)  1  againstthepetitionerbecamefinal.Thus,weareunabletodeterminethetimelinessofhispost    convictionpetition.Ergo,weconcludethatwemustreversethepostconvictioncourtssummary   dismissalofthepetitionandremandforadeterminationofthetimelinessofthepetitionbasedupon   thedatethepetitionersjudgment(s)ofconvictionbecamefinal.Ifthepetitionwastimelyfiled,the   postconvictioncourtshouldconsiderwhetherthepetitionerhasstatedacolorableclaimforrelief n  andproceedaccordingly. W  @NN" III.Conclusion  )y   Basedupontheforegoing,wereverseandremandthejudgmentofthepostconvictioncourt. L    `     h     ___________________________________     `     h     NORMAMcGEEOGLE,JUDGE