IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON OCTOBER 1997 SESSION FILED January 26, 1998 Cecil Crowson, Jr. Appellate C ourt Clerk E. L. (ELDRED) REID, ) ) C.C.A. NO. 02C01-9610-CC-00327 Appellan t, ) ) LAKE COUNTY VS. ) ) HO N. JO E G. R ILEY , JR., GOV. DON SUNDQUIST, ) JUDGE COMM. DONAL[D] CAMPBELL, ) and WARDEN FRED RANEY, ) ) Appellees. ) (Habeas corpus)

FOR THE APPELLANT: FOR THE APPELLEE:

E. L. (ELDRE D) REID, pro se JOHN KNOX WALKUP # 203343 NWCC Attorney General & Reporter Rt. 1, Box 660 Tiptonville, TN 38079 KENNETH W. RUCKER Asst. Attorney General James Robertson Pkw y.

Nashville, TN 37243-4351 C. PHILLIP BIVENS District Attorney General P.O. Drawe r E Dyersburg, TN 38024

OPINION FILED:____________________

AFFIRMED

JOHN H. PEAY, Judge OPINION

The petitioner filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus on July 9, 1996. He is currently incarcerated on a nine year sentence for rape. The court below su mmarily dismissed the petition. We affirm. Prior to filing this petition, the petitioner pursued a direct appeal of his conviction in this Court, where it was a ffirme d. See State v. Eldred Reid, No. 01C01-9511-CC-00390, Rutherford County (Tenn. Crim. App. filed June 6, 1997, at Nashville). His Rule 1 1 application from that decision to our S upreme C ourt is currently pending. Petitions for habeas corpus and/or post-conviction relief cannot be maintained while a direct appeal is pend ing. See Hankin s v. State, 512 S.W.2d 591, 592 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1974). Accordingly, the judgment below is affirmed.

__________________________________ JOHN H. PEAY , Judge

CONCUR:

_______________________________ PAUL G. SUM MERS, Judge

_______________________________ DAVID G. HA YES, Judge