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POTTS v. STATE

833 S.W.2d 60 (1992)

Francis W. POTTS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

June 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett Stein, Memphis, for petitioner-appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Kathy Principe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent-appellee.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

The appellant, Francis W. Potts, appeals directly to this Court from the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. Potts asks us to declare that the three-year statute of limitations on the filing of post-conviction petitions constitutes an unconstitutional suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, in violation of the provisions of Article I, § 15 of the Tennessee Constitution. For the reasons set out below, we...

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