CARTER v. STATE


952 S.W.2d 417 (1997)

Arnold CARTER, Appellee, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

September 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth F. Irvine, Jr., Knoxville, for Appellee.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Kathy Morante, Deputy Attorney General, Nashville, Jerry N. Estes, District Attorney General, Athens, Stephen Baxter Ward, Assistant District Attorney General, Madisonville, for Appellant.


OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

We granted the State's application in this case to determine whether the Post-Conviction Procedure Act of 1995 ("the new Act"), provides to petitioners for whom the statute of limitations had expired under the old Act additional time in which to file petitions for post-conviction relief. We conclude that although the language of the new Act is ambiguous, the legislative intent is clear: petitioners for whom the statute of limitations...

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