WPC! # VUNa % 0U:~ 0 0D w 4*>M 0JU 0T 0^ 0hQ 0r 0|+ 0 0- 1u 0d2U>U* BB)DCD AMem9 D3v~vW 0@* AOj 0D D/ B HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX PS 600dpiPSCRIPT0 (hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX(9$4TR[A' Legal[A' LegalA' LegalA' LegalTX XXX,  AZ"Arial Regular((25$ 9!4TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'TXȐXXX     0  (#$  0  /UDbUaUDDDDUUUDUUDUUUUbD"eDDDDDDDUeӀԡ dismissalo3|x2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(&Times New Roman<  9p`(Arial d% Line 7 d%%%%7Border 1dd-&C << G [ !" 4   \RA'\#  #   YYY FILED#XNovember27,1996CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerk   c !" 4   \RA'\#  $       ӀInterestingly,thereappearstobeneitheranoralnorawrittenmotionbyeitherpartyrequestingdismissaloftheattemptedseconddegreemurdercharge.Moreover,theappellant'sbriefnotestheorder'sirregularity.Theorderwasneversignedbyeitherpartynordoesitappearthattheorderwaseverservedoneitherparty.$$$$'dxdPtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   inion Geneva  inion Geneva ("$    -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! . " 4   \RA'\#  ݛR'(&A1-j|` . `@Rߛ@ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@ ATNASHVILLE@ JANUARY1996SESSION` XpXSTATEOFTENNESSEE,   ) C.C.A.No.01C019506CC00178      ) Appellee,    ) BEDFORDCOUNTY      )VS.      ) HonorableCharlesLee,Judge      )ANTONIOERASMOALVARADO, ) (AttemptedFelonyMurder,      ) AggravatedAssault,Aggravated Appellant.    ) Rape,AggravatedBurglary)          DISSENTINGANDCONCURRINGOPINION      Iagreewiththemajority'sdismissaloftheattemptedfelonymurderconviction.OurSupremeCourt,inStatev.Kimbrough,924S.W.2d888(Tenn.1996),ruledthatattemptedfelonymurderisnotacrimeinTennessee.Iwouldfindthattheattemptedseconddegreemurderconvictioncouldberevived.Afterthejuryspoke,noreasonexiststoinvalidateitsverdict.Theappellantshouldbesentencedforthatconvictionwithoutthestateshavingtotryhimagain. Thejuryfoundtheappellantguiltyofbothattemptedfelonymurderandattemptedseconddegreemurder.Priortosentencing,thetrialjudgenarrowedtheconvictionsforwhichtheappellantwouldbesentenced.Thetrialjudgewasoftheimpressionthatattemptedseconddegreemurderwasalesserincludedoffenseoffelonymurder.8  Court:...ButitseemstotheCourtthattheAttempted2nddegreemurderwouldmergewiththeAttemptedFelonymurder.8  Areweinagreementonthat?DoestheStateagreewiththeCourt?8  [Prosecutor]:...IsthatwhattheCourtisruling?Yes,sir,wewouldagreewiththat. X Thetrialjudgethensuaspontedismissedtheattemptedseconddegreemurdercharge. )    Ajudgmentwhichisvoidisinlegaleffectnojudgmentandcannotoperateasamergersinceitissubjecttocollateralimpeachmentatanytime.SeeHamv.Ham,204S.W.2d113(Tenn.Ct.App.1947)(holding"suchjudgmentunavailingasadefense...[as]itisobviousthatthe[void]judgmentproducedisinfactnofinaldeterminationoftherightsoftheparties,andthatnoobstaclehasintervenedtopreventthemfromseekingsuchdetermination."). Attheriskofmisquotinghimor,evenworse,misinterpretinghismeaning,IrelyontheperdurablestatementofProfessorE.E.OvertonoftheUniversityofTennesseeCollegeofLaw: Ifitsvoid,itsvoid.Dr.Overtonhastaughtthisconcepttohundredsofhisstudents,includingme.IthinkIknowwhatitmeansnow.Inthecontextofthiscase,theattemptedfelonymurderjudgmentisvoid.Thetrialjudgemergedtheattemptedseconddegreemurderwithavoidjudgment.Avoidjudgment,however,cannotconstituteafinaldetermination.Theattemptedseconddegreemurderconviction,therefore,couldnotmergewiththevoidjudgment. Themergerwasvoidandofnolegaleffect.Accordingly,Iwouldorderthetrialcourttoenterajudgmentaffirmingtheattemptedseconddegreemurderconviction.Thetrialcourtwouldthensentencetheappellantonthatconviction.Todootherwisewastesjudicialresources. Inallelse,Iconcur.       ________________________________       PAULG.SUMMERS,Judge