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JerryLuster,ProSe  TomAnderson,Jackson,ForAppelleeAlanBargery t  OPINION #GZXX #X XGZ L  #GZXX D #X XGZ    JerryLuster,( Petitioner),filedapetitionforhabeascorpusallegingthathewasarrested $"t! andchargedwiththesaleofacontrolledsubstance(cocaine)and,subsequently,byapleabargain #`" agreementonoraboutJanuary17,1996,wassentencedtoeightyearsintheTennesseeDepartment #L# ofCorrection( TDOC)foraClassBFelony,Range1StandardOffenderatthirtypercent.He $8 $ allegesthathefiledtwopetitionsforpostconvictionreliefallegingthatthesentenceandconviction %$!% wereillegal,afteralabreportshowingthattheamountofdrugsinvolvedwaslessthan.5grams &"& constitutingaClassCFelonyinsteadofaClassBFelony.PetitionerfurtherallegesthattheState '"' hadagreedto:setasidetheoriginalsentence;allowhimtopleadguiltytoasixyearsentencefor (#( aClassCFelony,Range1,StandardOffenderatthirtypercent;suspendthesentenceandplacehim )$) onsixyearprobation.PetitionerwasreleasedonprobationonoraboutSeptember27,1997,and p*%* hisprobationofficeradvisedhimthathewasonprobationforaperiodofsixyears,lesstimeserved \+&+  ofapproximately750days. H,',F   ThepetitionfurtherallegesthatonoraboutJune4,1998,theprobationofficerfiledan   affidavitwiththesentencingcourtconcerningviolationsofLustersprobation.Petitioneralleges  thathisprobationwasrevoked,andhewasorderedtoserveasentenceofeightyearsintheCoffee  CountyJail.ThepetitionallegesthatacounselorattheHardemanCountyCorrectionalFacility t informedhimthathewasservinganeightyearsentenceinsteadofasixyearsentence.Petitioner ` allegesconstitutionalviolations,bothundertheUnitedStatesConstitutionandtheTennessee L  Constitution,andseeksanordergrantingallrelieftowhichheisentitled.Attachedtothepetition 8  asexhibitsarecopiesofthevariousordersreferredtoabove. $ t   OnNovember16,1999,thetrialcourtfiledanorderstating:  L  8  8`    ThiscausecametobeheardbeforetheHonorableJonKerry $  Blackwood,JudgeoftheCircuitCourtofHardemanCounty,   Tennessee,onthe10thdayofNovember1999,uponthePetitionfor   WritofHabeasCorpusfiledbythepetitionerinthiscauseanda   reviewoftheentirerecord. ` x` x 8  8`    AnditappearingtotheCourtthatthepetitionforWritof \ HabeasCorpusfailstostateacauseuponwhichreliefcanbegranted H andshouldbedismissed.4` x` x 8  8`    ITIS,THEREFORE,ORDERED,ADJUDGEDAND  \ DECREEDBYTHECOURTthatthePetitionforWritofHabeas H Corpusbe,andis,hereby,dismissed.4` x` x Petitionerhasappealed,andtheonlyissueforreviewiswhetherthetrialcourterredindismissing   thepetitionforwritofhabeascorpus.    Amotiontodismissforfailuretostateaclaimuponwhichreliefcanbegrantedisthe  equivalentofademurrerunderourformercommonlawprocedure;thus,itisatestofthesufficiency l oftheleadingpleading. Cornpropstv.Sloan ,528S.W.2d188,190,93ALR3d979(Tenn.1975); X   Humphriesv.WestendTerrace,Inc. ,795S.W.2d128(Tenn.Ct.App.1990). D!   ThecomplaintandexhibitsrevealthatthePetitionerwasoriginallysentencedfortheoffense #l! ofsaleofacontrolledsubstance(cocaine)pursuanttoT.C.A.XH XXX #X X XXHW#X XXX Ԁ3917417,asaClassBFelony, $X" standardthirtypercent,Range1,toeightyearsinTDOC.Afterfilingapostconvictionrelief $D # petition,anamendedsentencingjudgmentwasenteredonSeptember25,1997fortheoffenseofsale %0!$ ofcontrolledsubstance(cocaine)lessthan.5grams,aClassCFelony,Range2multipleoffender &"% at35percent.Petitionerwassentencedtoeightyearsinthecountyjailwithprobationforsixyears. '#& Theprobationorder,enteredSeptember30,1997,specificallystatesthatPetitionerwassentenced (#' toserveatermofeightyearsinthecountyjail,thatthesentencewassuspended,andthatPetitioner )$(  beplacedonprobationforaperiodofsixyears. |*%)   UnderArticleI,Sec.15oftheTennesseeConstitution,apetitionermaycontestavoidor   illegalconfinementatanytimeduringtheperiodofincarcerationbybringingapetitionforawrit  ofhabeascorpus. SeeArcherv.State ,851S.W.2d157(Tenn.1993).In Archer ,theCourtsaid:  8  8`    HabeascorpusreliefisavailableinTennesseeonlywhen it ` appearsuponthefaceofthejudgmentortherecordofthe L  proceedingsuponwhichthejudgmentisrenderedthataconvicting 8  courtwaswithoutjurisdictionorauthoritytosentenceadefendant,or $ t thatadefendantssentenceofimprisonmentorotherrestrainthas  ` expired. L ` x` x  Id. at164. $  Thus,inTennessee,thewritofhabeascorpusislimitedinscopeandinrelief. SeeStatev.Richey ,   20S.W.3d624(Tenn.2000); Statev.Davenport ,980S.W.2d407,409(Tenn.Crim.App.1998).     Avoidorillegaljudgmentisonewhichisfaciallyinvalid,becausethecourtrenderingthe p judgmentlackedtheproperstatutoryauthority,whereasavoidablejudgmentisfaciallyvalidand \ requiresproofinadditiontotherecordorjudgmenttoshowthatitisvoidable. SeeDykesv. H Compton ,978S.W.2d528,529(Tenn.1998).In Passarellav.State ,891S.W.2d619(Tenn.Crim. 4 App.1994),theCourtsaid:  p #X XXX #XH XXX 8  8`   #X X XXH"%#X5XXX  Ajudgmentofacourtofgeneraljurisdictionispresumedto H bevalid.Thispresumptionissaidtobeconclusiveunlessthe 2 judgmentisimpeachedbytherecord.Ifthecourtrenderinga  judgmenthasjurisdictionoftheperson,thesubjectmatter,andhas  theauthoritytomakethechallengedjudgment,thejudgmentis  voidable,notvoid;andthejudgmentmaynotbecollaterallyattacked  inasuitforhabeascorpusrelief.t` x` x  Id. at627. H    Anevidentiaryhearingisnotrequiredforeverypetitionforwritofhabeascorpus.Unless "l  theallegationsofthepetitionestablishthevoidcharacterofthejudgment,theevidentiaryhearing #V! isnotwarranted. SeeRussellv.Willis ,222Tenn.491,437S.W.2d419(1969); Stateex.relByrd #@" v.Bomar ,214Tenn.476,381S.W.2d280(1964). $* #   Inthecaseatbar,itdoesnotappearonthefaceoftherecordthattheconvictingcourtwas &!% withoutjurisdictiontoenterthejudgment,nordoesitappearonthefaceoftherecordthat '"& Petitionerssentenceofimprisonmenthasexpired.  Accordingly,theorderofthetrialcourt (#' dismissingthepetitionisaffirmed,andthecaseisremandedforsuchfurtherproceedingsasmaybe l)$( necessary.CostsoftheappealareassessedtoPetitioner,JerryL.Luster,forwhichexecutionmay V*%) issue,ifnecessary.#X XXX5%##GZXX #X XGZ @+&*  *,z'+ Ї   `     h   __________________________________________     `     h   W.FRANKCRAWFORD,PRESIDINGJUDGE,_W.S_  .