DIOTIS v. STATE

No. W2011-00816-CCA-R3-PC.

KONSTANTINOS DIOTIS, v. STATE OF TENNESSEE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, At Jackson.

Filed November 17, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie I. Ballin and Richard S. Townley , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Konstantinos Diotis.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; Rachel E. Willis , Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich , District Attorney General; and Alanda Dwyer , Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which NORMA McGEE OGLE and ALAN E. GLENN, JJ., joined.


OPINION

JAMES CURWOOD WITT, Jr., JUDGE.

The petitioner, Konstantinos Diotis, appeals from the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief as time-barred. In this appeal, the petitioner contends that application of the statute of limitations in his case is inappropriate because (1) the United States Supreme Court decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, ___ U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 1473 (2010), should be applied retroactively...

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