WPC #$N_rlb6]􂅎%!afk{a3h%AH #n!?&ţJgzz{F*R,.0< )FC! fk^7xQE2bK>X7Ru*AqkK8(.u>? EGDUw3 y'꧟QU|Zvoo[ !|dTdYhs؆AM#@#X$ܒո &1_/"E@/򩏔rfɫA6csUk׎MFABp[rF}kLs26iӬ>g?]C|0FF& t:R{m6TzID]VKSr0 &?NJvK7[6@ cZ=܅执;KU6F %|  n 0e? #  4 U:  w@ E {4, U:` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` B D3 0D AO.}} 0DC D/ B'`Boldface PSX3|n'`Boldface PSXn P[ʘ9XP(=]$  44XX:HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL 6HPBXLB0nLhuM%,rAZ"Arial Regular mnoDpqDrDstDuvӀ  X_XXX X X_   Ad FILED X_X   August27,1999CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerkdAM ( T$  ,yAZ"Arial Regular d%%%%'dxd(3$ !  -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ]!  44XX:  vvT TR[A'Legal3'A' Legal3'TX4444>44  vr *<,(j 8` `@E ` ttx0X rߛv@ D X_X>INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @ll-DATNASHVILLEo[X` hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8:<H?AXoDANIELBENSONr,rsstststuTAYLORu   D  p   ) D  `     h    D )  ` Appellant,   h    D ) p C.C.A.NO.01C019904CC00132    `     h    D ) p (No.985073C1Below) g   VS. `     h    D ) p HICKMANCOUNTY 8   `     h    D )JACKMORGAN,WARDEN,   D ) p TheHon.DonaldP.Harris  *   `     h    D ) p (DismissalofHabeasCorpusPetition)      ` Appellee.   h    D ) p AFFIRMEDPURSUANTTORULE20 |  @kk/DORDER    t: `  ThismatterisbeforetheCourtuponthestatesmotionrequestingthatthejudgmentintheabovestyledcausebeaffirmedpursuanttoRule20,TennesseeCourtofCriminalAppealsRules.Theappellantopposesthemotion.Uponreviewingtherecordandthepleadingsinthiscase,wefindthatitisanappropriatematterforaffirmanceunderRule20. `  Fromtherecord,itappearsthatonOctober6,1982,theappellantwasconvictedofseconddegreemurderandsentencedtolifeimprisonment.ItfurtherappearsthattheoffenseoccurredonSeptember20,1980.TheappellantcontendsthathissentenceisillegalbecausehewasnotsentencedundertheSentenceReformActof1982.Findingthattheappellantwasproperlysentencedunderthelawineffectatthetimeoftheoffense,thetrialcourtdismissedthepetitionforwritofhabeascorpusrelief. `  Itisawell-establishedprincipleoflawthattheremedyofhabeascorpusislimitedinitsnatureanditsscope.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,161-162(Tenn.1993); +?'0 Passarellav.State,891S.W.2d619,626(Tenn.Crim.App.1994).InTennessee,habeas -(2 corpusreliefisavailableonlyif"'itappearsuponthefaceofthejudgmentortherecordoftheproceedingsuponwhichthejudgmentisrendered,'thataconvictingcourtwaswithoutjurisdictionorauthoritytosentenceadefendant,orthatadefendant'ssentenceofimprisonmentorotherrestrainthasexpired."Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,164 4n/: (Tenn.1993)(citationomittedinoriginal). `  Inthepresentcase,theappellantseekstobesentencedunderthe1982SentenceReformAct,however,the1982Actspecificallystatedthat [f]orallpersonswho :5B committedcrimespriortoJuly1,1982,thepriorlawshallremaininfullforceandeffectineveryrespect,includingbutnotlimitedtosentencing,paroleandprobation.T.C.A.4035112(a)(1982).mThus,imtisirrelevantthattheappellantwassentencedonOctober6,1982,becausethe1982SentencingReformActspecificallystatendnosothatitdpidpqoesqnotapplytocrimescommittedpriortoJuly1,1982.Id. <   `  ITIS,THEREFORE,ORDEREDthatthestatesmotiontoaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourtunderRule20,TennesseeCourtofCriminalAppealsRules,isgranted,andthejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.Itappearingthattheappellantisindigent,costsoftheseproceedingsaretaxedtothestate.t `     h    D  p _____________________________ `     h    D  p JERRYL.SMITH,JUDGECONCUR:_____________________________  ] JOHNH.PEAY,JUDGE_____________________________DAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGE