State v. Phillips

OPINION

TIPTON, Judge.

The petitioner, Albert G. Phillips, appeals as of right from the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief by the Anderson County Criminal Court on the ground that it is barred by the three-year statute of limitations. His petition alleges that he was convicted in 1985 of first degree murder. The conviction was affirmed on appeal. State v. Albert G. Phillips, et al., 728 S.W.2d 21 (Tenn.Crim.App.1986), app. denied (Tenn.1987).

In summary fashion, the petition alleges that his conviction was the direct consequence of the ineffective assistance of counsel “in that…