Tennessee Supreme Court· 9/8/1997

Carter v. State

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952 S.W.2d 417
1997 Tenn. LEXIS 435
1997 WL 547563

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holding that the 1995 Post- Conviction Procedure Act did not revive claims barred by the previous statute of limitations
holding that the 1995 Post- Conviction Procedure Act did not create a one year window in which previously barred claims could be raised
holding petitioners for whom statute of limitations had expired under the old Act did not have additional time to file under the new Act
describing this portion of the legislation at issue as the “enabling provision of the Act in question” and noting that “[a]ccording to standard practice, this provision was not published with the rest of the statute in the Tennessee Code Annotated.”
petitioners for whom three-year statute of limitations expired prior to enactment of one year statute of limitations do not have right to bring post-conviction claim within one year of enactment
the 1995 Post-Conviction Act does not extend the limitations period for those petitioners for whom the statute of limitations expired prior to the effective date of the new Act, i.e., May 10, 1995

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Judges: Birch, Anderson, Drowota, Reid, Holder

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