C.C.A. No. 02C01-9609-CR-00301.Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee. at Jackson.
June 19, 1997
Appeal from Shelby County Honorable Carolyn Wade Blackett, Judge.
FOR THE APPELLANT:
Jessie Lee Bishop, Pro Se, No. 90028-201, F.C.I. Memphis.
FOR THE APPELLEE:
Charles W. Burson, Attorney General Reporter, Sarah M. Branch, Counsel for the State, William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General, James J. Challen III, Assistant District Attorney General.
AFFIRMED.
SUMMERS, Judge
OPINION
The appellant, Jessie Lee Bishop, has been convicted of various offenses between 1970 and 1988. In 1996 he filed a petition for post-conviction relief attacking these convictions. The trial court dismissed the petition on the ground that it was barred by the statute of limitations.
The appellant’s most recent conviction became final in 1988. At that time the law allowed three years to file a petition for post-conviction relief. Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-102 (1990). The appellant’s time period for filing his petition expired in 1991. Therefore, his petition is time barred.
Accordingly, we find no error of law mandating reversal. The trial court’s dismissal of the petition is affirmed in accordance with Tenn. R. Ct. Crim. App., Rule 20.
________________________________ PAUL G. SUMMERS, Judge
CONCUR:
____________________________ DAVID H. WELLES, Judge
____________________________ JOE G. RILEY, Judge