IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE FILED
R.B. TOBY, *
Appellant, * C.C.A.#03C01-9711-CC-00507
August 17, 1998
VS. * SEVIER COUNTY
STATE OF TENNESSEE, *
Cecil Crowson, Jr.
Appellee. *
Appellate C ourt Clerk
ORDER
The petitioner, R.B. Toby, proceeding pro se, appeals as of right from the
Sevier County Criminal Court’s dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. The
record reflects that the petitioner pled guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide, one
count of vehic ular assault, an d one count o f violating the Hab itual Motor Vehic le Statute
on January 13, 1994. By plea agreement, he received an aggregate sentence of fifteen
(15) years in the Department of Correction. The sentence included two concurrent ten
(10) year sentences for each vehicular hom icide conviction, a five (5) year consecutive
sentence for the vehicular assault conviction, and a concurrent four (4) year sentence for
the habitual mo tor vehicle offen der conviction .
The petitioner did not appeal the sentence bu t filed a petition for pos t-
conviction relief on October 23, 1996. He alleged that the indictments upon which he
was convicted were fatally deficient in failin g to state the term of the grand jury and in
failing to adequately state the facts surrounding the offense. In dismissing the petition
without an evidentiar y hearing, the trial cour t concluded tha t the petition was not time ly
filed and that the petitioner’s claims did not present any exception to the statute of
limitations.
After full consideration of the record, the briefs, and the law governing the
issues presented, we are of the opinion that the record supports the trial court’s actions
and that no precedential value would be derived from the rendering of an opinion. The
petition was filed ou tside the statute of lim itations, see T.C.A. § 40-30-202, and the
petitioner’s claim s do not fall unde r any of the exception s to the statute of limitatio ns, see
T.C.A. § 40-30 -202(b). It is , therefor e, ORDER ED that the judgm ent of the trial court is
affirmed pursuant to Rule 20, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Rules. Due to the
petitioner’s indigence, costs shall be taxed to the state.
Gary R. Wade, Judge
CONCUR:
Joseph M. Tipton, Judge
David H. Welles, Judge