The opinion
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT NASHVILLE FILED
MAY SESSION, 1997 January 27, 1998
Cecil W. Crowson
MONROE BROWN, ) Appellate Court Clerk
C.C.A. NO. 01C01-9607-CR-00305
)
Appe llant, )
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) DAVIDSON COUNTY
VS. )
) HON. THOMAS H. SHRIVER
STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) JUDGE
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Appellee. ) (Post Co nviction-Re lief)
FOR THE APPELLANT: FOR THE APPELLEE:
DAVID I. KOMISAR JOHN KNOX WALKUP
211 Printer’s Alley Bldg. Attorney General and Reporter
Ste. 400
Nashville, TN 37201-1414 LISA A. NAYLOR
Assistant Attorney General
450 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243
VICTOR S. JOHNSON
District Attorney General
PAM ANDERSON
Assistant District Attorney
222 Se cond A venue, N orth
Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37243
ORDER FILED ________________________
AFFIRMED PURSU ANT TO RU LE 20
JERRY L. SMITH, JUDGE
ORDER
A Davidson County Criminal Court jury found Appellant Monroe Brown guilty of
one count of second degree murder. As a Range II persistent offender, he received a
life sentence in the Tennessee Department of Corrections. In this appeal, Appellant
presents the following issue for review: whether the trial court erred in dismissing
Appellant's petition for post-conviction relief.
After a review of the record, we affirm the judgment of the trial court pursuant to
Court of Criminal Appeals Rule 20.
On March 31, 1987, this Court affirmed Appellant's conviction. State v. Monroe
Brown, No. 86-221-III, Davidson County (Tenn. Crim. App., Nashville, March 31, 1987),
perm. to appeal denied, (Tenn. 1987). On July 3, 1991, Appellant filed his first petition
for post-conviction relief. The trial court dismissed this petition, concluding that the
petition was barred by the statute of limitations. We affirmed the trial court's decision.
Monroe Brown v. State, C.C.A. No. 01C01-9112-CR-00367, Davidson County (Tenn.
Crim. App., Nashville, August 6, 1992), perm. to appeal denied, (Tenn. 1992).
Appellant filed two amended petitions for post-conviction relief on November 17, 1995.
On February 9, 1996, the trial court denied both petitions.
Tennessee law is well-settled in this area. Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-
30-102 (1990, Repl.), the statute of limitations for the filing of a petition for post-
conviction relief began to run on June 8, 1987 and ended three years later on June 8,
1990. Appellant’s contention concerning the reasonable doubt jury instruction allegedly
given in his case does not fall within any rule of law which would toll the running of the
statute of limitations. Moreover, a jury instruction similar to the one about which
Appellant complains was approved by this Court in Pettyjohn v. State, 885 S.W.2d 364,
365 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994).
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Accordingly, we affirm the trial court's judgment pursuant to Court of Criminal
Appeals Rule 20.
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JERRY L. SMITH, JUDGE
CONCUR:
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PAUL G. SUMMERS, JUDGE
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DAVID G. HAYES, JUDGE
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