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PaulE.Rutherford,Wartburg,Tennessee,prose.  PaulG.Summers,MichaelE.MooreandMichaelL.Haynie,Nashville,Tennessee,forthe  appellees,DonalCampbell,etal. v     OPINION  F#"     OnSeptember15,1995,pursuanttoapleaagreementintheCriminalCourtforDickson &%v $ County,Tennessee,PaulE.Rutherfordenteredpleasofguiltyto4countsofrapeofachildin &f!% violationofTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection3913522.Hewassentencedtofourconcurrent20 'V"& yearsentencesasaStandardRangeIoffenderundertheTennesseeCriminalSentencingReformAct 'F#' of1989. #  1       (6$(' Ї  AppellantclaimsthatheisentitledtosentencereductioncreditspursuanttoTennesseeCode  Annotatedsection41 21236andthattheCommissionerofCorrectionshaswrongfullyrefusedto  granthimsuchsentencereductioncredits.    Inmateshaveneitherastatutorynorconstitutionalrighttosentencereductioncredits.Wolff p v.McDonnell,418U.S.539,94Sup.Ct.2963,41L.Ed.2d935(1971).Sentencecreditsarecreated `  bystatute.Jonesv.Reynolds,1997WL367661(Tenn.Ct.App.July2,1997). P    Thejudgmentofthetrialcourtquitecorrectlysaysnothingatallrelativetosentence 0  reductioncreditssinceadministrationofsuchstatutorysentencereductioncreditsiscommittedby  p  theGeneralAssemblytotheDepartmentofCorrections. `    Theoffenseof rapeofachildwascreatedbysectiononeofchapter878ofthePublicActs @  of1992.TheoffensewascodifiedasTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection3913522andeachofthe 0  trialcourtjudgmentsofconvictionnotethateachconvictionofMr.Rutherfordwasforrapeofa   childpursuanttoTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection3913522.Thesamechapterandthesame  sectionoftheActsof1992thatcreatedthecrimeof rapeofachildlikewisecontaintheprovisions  codifiedasTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection3913523.Thisstatuteprovidesinpertinentpart:  8   ` (1) Childrapistmeansapersonconvictedone(1)ormoretimesofrapeof  achildasdefinedby3913522;and p      @ ... P   8   ` (b)Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflawtothecontrary,amultiple @ rapistorachildrapist,asdefinedinsubsection(a),shallberequiredtoservethe 0 entiresentenceimposedbythecourtundiminishedbyanysentencereductioncredits  p suchpersonmaybeeligiblefororearn.Amultiplerapistorachildrapistshallbe ` permittedtoearnanycreditsforwhichsuchpersoniseligibleandsuchcreditsmay P beusedforthepurposeofincreasedprivileges,reducedsecurityclassification,orfor @ anypurposeotherthanthereductionofthesentenceimposedbythecourt.0   8   ` (c)Theprovisionsoftitle40,chapter35,part5,relativetoreleaseeligibility ! statusandparoleshallnotapplytoorauthorizethereleaseofamultiplerapistor "  childrapist,asdefinedinsubsection(a),priortoserviceoftheentiresentence #! imposedbythecourt.$"   8   ` (d)Nothingintheprovisionsoftitle41,chapter1,part5,shallgiveeitherthe p&!$ governorortheboardofparolestheauthoritytoreleaseorcausethereleaseofa `'"% multiplerapistorchildrapist,asdefinedinsubsection(a),priortoserviceofthe P(#& entiresentenceimposedbythecourt.@)$'   Ї  TheprimaryclaimoftheappellantisthattherefusaloftheCommissionerofCorrectionsto  granthimsentencereductioncreditsviolateshispleaagreementasevidencedbythefourseparate  judgmentsofthetrialcourtclassifyinghimasaStandardRangeIoffender.Whileitistruethatthe  DepartmentofCorrectionsisboundtofollowthejudgmentissuedbythetrialcourt,evenifitis  illegal,Statev.Burkhart,566S.W.2d871(Tenn.1987),thereisnothinginthetrialcourtorderthat p evenpurportstoaddressthequestionofsentencereductioncredits.Theavailabilityofsentence `  reductioncreditsforchildrapistswasspecificallyproscribedbythelegislatureintheaforementioned P  statute.ThisstatutewasinexistenceatthetimeofMr.Rutherfordsfourconvictionsofchildrape, @  andthusbecomespartandparcelofhissentence.See_Gilliam_Ԁv.State,174Tenn.388,391,126 0  S.W.2d305,306(1939).  p    Theappellantpledguiltyto4countsofrapeofachildunderTennesseeCodeAnnotated P  section3913522.Pursuanttohispleaagreementhewasgiven4concurrenttwentyyearsentences @  asaStandardRangeIoffender.Thejudgmentofthetrialcourtdidnotpurporttoaddresstheissue 0  ofsentencereductioncreditswhichisamattercommittedbystatutetotheDepartmentof   Corrections.TennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection3913523plainlystatesthatoneconvictedofrape  ofachildunderTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection3913522mustservetheentiresentence  imposedbythecourt ...undiminishedbyanysentencereductioncreditssuchpersonmaybe  eligiblefororearn.    ItiswelltonotethatPetitionerseeksnorelieffromthecriminalcourtsconviction. p Petitionercorrectlystates [_t]hat_Ԁisataskprocedurallyappropriateforpostconvictionreliefor ` habeascorpus. P   Thepetitionerismerelyseekinganorderrequiringthe_TDOC_Ԁtofulfilltherequirementsof 0 thepleaagreement...asheseesit.  p   SincetheactionoftheDepartmentwassimplytheenforcementofthesentenceimposedby P thejudgmentofconviction,thejudgmentofthechancellorisinallrespectsaffirmed,andcostsare @ assessedagainstPaulE.Rutherford. 0 8   `