IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON JUNE 1997 SESSION FILED June 19, 1997 Cecil Crowson, Jr. Appellate C ourt Clerk JESSIE LEE BISHOP, ) ) C.C.A. No. 02C01-9609-CR-00301 Appellant, ) ) Shelby County V. ) ) Honorable Carolyn Wade Blackett, Judge ) STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) (Post-Conviction) ) Appellee. )

FOR THE APPELLANT: FOR THE APPELLEE: Jessie Lee Bishop, Pro Se Charles W. Burson No. 90028-201 Attorney General & Reporter F.C.I. Memphis P.O. Box 34550 Sarah M. Branch Memphis, TN 38184-0550 Counsel for the State James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243 William L. Gibbons District Attorney General James J. Challen III Assistant District Attorney General Suite 301, 201 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38103

OPINION FILED: ___________________

AFFIRMED

PAUL G. 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

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