State v. Fields

OPINION

WELLES, Judge.

This is an appeal pursuant to Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. The Defendant appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying him post-conviction relief. The trial court determined that the Defendant’s petition was barred by the statute of limitations. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The Defendant was convicted of first degree murder in the perpetration of a robbery and sentenced to death on May 17,1971. On August 9, 1972, the Governor commuted the Defendant’s sentence from death to imprisonment in the penitentiary for ninety-nine years.…