Steadman v. State

OPINION

TIPTON, Judge.

The petitioner, Wallace E. Steadman, appeals from the summary dismissal of his pro se petition for post-conviction relief by the Criminal Court for Sullivan County. The petitioner asserts error as follows:(1) That counsel should have been appointed to draft his petition properly;(2) that the trial judge abused his discretion in applying the three-year statute of limitations since his habitual criminal status was not final until 1987; and(3) that the trial judge was without authority under T.C.A. § 40-30-103(b) to dismiss the petition since the judge presided at the trial…