Roland R. Smith v. State of Tennessee

The petitioner, Roland R. Smith, was convicted of four counts of statutory rape and three counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of fifteen years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. Subsequently, he filed a petition for post-conviction relief, alleging that his trial counsel was ineffective and that the sentence imposed violates the dictates of Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S. Ct. 2531 (2004). The post-conviction court denied the petition, and the petitioner now appeals. Upon our review, we conclude that the petition for post-conviction relief was filed outside the statute of limitations; therefore, the appeal is dismissed.