WPC EYN~X#˫|M'Kw[fS2!B.SVlT݈z-HNj<o'$XvaiHжwjШE I~\n-=I~13QGs/w Q}YBԬh|jȋ*zdP^d fu1#h53DC挚P3pT򇕺@O#Rey c 2_qMh9h;Qa>nӅpc.K 9X&ȄHq+"&@jfiyq>[@;#耉죢6]t `g.(UMbO%}GVy9ѡ~f~`JyR LAM9Hh[}♍Ag Jc4F>KYzML{oװ&Zh߿PpOZʦ .)@_JEvQ,# hUNs % 0(U :L)w@u4U.U:U:@z$ 0l 0D #V UNy $ UN#9U:\\\\\\\\\\\ 0D D3 B   AQ*{ 0DA 0D D/ BHP LaserJet 4HPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nL(hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($,  AZ"Arial RegularC:\OFFICE\WPWIN\TEMPLATE\STANDARD.WPT LMN"eTeUVWEXYDZӀ&hH  Z3|xe%2A`ArialTT,  AZ"Arial Regular,rAZ"Arial Regular  $    1     `  4X!XXNormally,apartymaynotadoptonepositioninthetrialcourt,andadvocateadifferentgroundinthiscourt.   See,e.g.,Statev.Clardy,No.01C019710CC00457,1998WL917803,at*4(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,  X December22,1998).Nevertheless,intheinterestofjudicialeconomy,wewilladdressthepetitionerscontention.((3$ !      0  (#$  0    $    1     `  4X$XXNormally,apartymaynottakeonepositioninthetrialcourt,andadvocateadifferentgroundinthisCourt.   See,e.g.,Statev.Clardy,No.01C019710CC00457,1998WL917803,at*4(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,  X December22,1998).Nevertheless,intheinterestofjudicialeconomy,wewilladdressthepetitionerscontention.(hH  Z 6Times New Roman Regular  $    1     `  4X$XXNormally,apartymaynotadoptonepositioninthetrialcourt,andadvocateadifferentgroundinthiscourt.   See,e.g.,Statev.Clardy,No.01C019710CC00457,1998WL917803,at*4(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,  X December22,1998).Nevertheless,intheinterestofjudicialeconomy,wewilladdressthepetitionerscontention.(hH  Z 6Times New Roman Regular  ("  X,XXXEXX,   Ad FILEDX,XE   May4,1999  CecilCrowson,Jr.ђXX,AppellateCourtClerk ,cAZ"Arial Regular(3$ !  $$$$'dxd d'(!)*C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(3$ !  ($$   1  ++' dxdP Pd !  TTTNNTNN` 4XXKXXXTR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T 7lXXdXXd7  Zr&"<,(j 8` `@E f ` ttx$X` rߛZ@Q Q INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE `  @*ATKNOXVILLE P  @!!&JANUARY1999SESSION  @   CHARLESBRYANT     D *   C.C.A.No.03C019803CR00115   Appellant, <      D *  MONROECOUNTY  vs.   <      D *  Hon.JamesC.Witt,Sr.,Judge `   STATEOFTENNESSEE,     D *   (PetitionforWritofHabeasCorpus) @   Appellee. <      D *   ForAppellant: <      D   ForAppellee: @ CharlesBryant <      D   JohnKnoxWalkup   MCRCFBMCX <      D   AttorneyGeneralandReporter  P.O.Box2000 <      D   425FifthAvenueNorth  Wartburg,TNUU37887     D   Nashville,TN372430493     <      D   EllenH.Pollack   <      D   AssistantAttorneyGeneral   <      D   CriminalJusticeDivision   <      D   425FifthAvenueNorth   <      D   Nashville,TN372430493   <      D   OPINIONFILED:򀀀  +!$ AFFIRMEDNORMAMCGEEOGLE,JUDGE  2@),S @33- OPINION  `     XKXXXKThepetitioner,CharlesBryant,appealstheMonroeCountyCriminal @  CourtssummarydismissalofhispetitionforawritofhabeascorpusonFebruary13,1998.ThepetitionerallegedinhispetitionNNthatheshouldhavebeensentencedpursuanttotheCriminalSentencingReformActof1982,andthathissentencesareillegalandvoid.NNIncontrast,inthisappealasofright,thepetitionerassertsforthefirsttimethatheisentitledtoadditionalsentencingcredits.Afterareviewoftherecord,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt.  NNOnMay14,1981,#XKXX XK # XKXXXKԀtheNNpetitionerwasNNconvictedbyajuryNNintheMonroe @ CountyCriminalCourt#XKXX XK[#ofarmedrobberyandpossessionofasawedoffshotgun.A   juryimposedasentenceoflifeimprisonmentforthearmedrobberyconvictionandasentenceoftwotofiveyearsfortheillegalweaponconviction.TheSupremeCourtaffirmedthepetitionersconvictions,butsetasidehissentencesandremandedthepetitionerscaseforanewsentencinghearing.Statev.Bryant,654S.W.2d389 #@ (Tenn.1983).  Asecondjuryimposedasentenceoffortyfiveyearsimprisonmentforthearmedrobberyconvictionandasentenceofthreetofiveyearsfortheillegalweaponconviction.Thepetitionerappealedhissentencestothiscourt,claimingthatthesentencesareexcessive.Thiscourtaffirmedthejuryssentencingdeterminations.Statev.Bryant,No.97,1986WL11493(Tenn.Crim.App.at 0`'* Knoxville,October17,1986).  OnNovember10,1997,thepetitionerfiledtheinstantpetitionforawritofhabeascorpus,assertingthathisNNsentencesNNNNareNNillegalandvoid.Indenyingthe @8.2 petitionwithoutappointingcounselorconductinganevidentiaryhearing,thetrialcourtconcludedthatthepetitionshouldbetreatedasapetitionforpostconvictionrelief,andthattheapplicablestatuteoflimitationshadexpired.Additionally,thetrialcourtconcludedthatthepetitionerwasproperlysentencedpursuanttothe lawapplicableatthetimeofthecommissionofthecrime.   X,rXXX,rInitially,theproceduralprovisionsofthehabeascorpusstatuteare @  mandatoryandmustbescrupulouslyfollowed.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,   165(Tenn.1993).Tenn.CodeAnn.2921105(1980)providesthatapetitionforhabeascorpusreliefshouldbefiledinthecourtmostconvenientinpointofdistancetotheapplicant.#X,rXX X,r# X,rXXX,rThepetitionerisincarceratedinMorganCounty.Nevertheless,he   filedhispetitioninMonroeCounty.AlthoughthepetitionerstatesthattherecordspertainingtohiscasearelocatedinMonroeCounty,wehavepreviouslyheldthatthiscontentiondoesnotconstitute sufficientreasonunderTenn.CodeAnn.2921105forfilingapetitionforNNawritNNofhabeascorpusinthecourtofconvictionratherthanthecourtclosesttotheapplicant.SeeMuhammadv.State,No.01C019707 %  CC00300,1997WL779095,at*1(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,December18,1997).#X,rXX X,r#Ԁ @)"    X,rXXX,rMoreover,#X,rXX X,r# X,rXXX,rthepetitionerhasnotcarriedhisburdenofestablishing -#& eitheravoidjudgmentoranillegalconfinement.#X,rXX X,r# X,rXXX,rPassarellav.State,891S.W.2d .%( 619,627(Tenn.Crim.App.1994)#X,rXX X,r# X,rXXX,r.#X,rXX X,r^# X,rXXX,rԀTheremedyofthewritofhabeascorpusis 0`'* limitedtorelieffromvoidandnotmerelyvoidablejudgments.Archer,851S.W.2dat 2@), 163;Passarella,891S.W.2dat626;Donaldv.State,No.01C019710CR00481, 4 +. 1998WL468646,at*1(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,August12,1998),perm.to `6-0 appealdenied,(Tenn.1999).Inotherwords,itmustappearuponthefaceofthe @8.2 judgmentortherecordoftheproceedingsuponwhichthejudgmentisrenderedthatacourtwaswithoutjurisdictionorauthoritytoconvictorsentenceadefendant,orthatadefendantssentenceofimprisonmenthasexpired.Archer,851S.W.2dat   164;Ritchiev.State,No.03C019601CC00029,1998WL855517,at*2(Tenn.  Crim.App.atKnoxville,December10,1998).Additionally,ifaclaimwouldnecessarilyinvolveinvestigationbeyondthefaceofthejudgmentortherecordoftheproceedings,theclaimwillnotbecognizableinhabeascorpusproceedings.See#X,rXX X,r# X,rXXX,r,e.g.,Martinv.State,No.02C019804CC00101,1998WL467098,at*1   (Tenn.Crim.App.atJackson,August12,1998).  TheHabeasCorpusActNNrequiresNNacourttoreviewthepetitionanddismissitunlessitallegesacognizablegroundforrelief.Tenn.CodeAnn.2921101to!109(1980).Inotherwords,apetitionforawritofhabeascorpusmaybesummarilydismissedbythetrialcourtwithoutappointmentofcounsel,withoutanevidentiaryhearing,andwithouttheopportunitytoamendthepetition,ifthefaceofthepetitiondoesnotpresentacognizableclaim.Mitchellv.Carlton,No.03C01 %  9704CR00125,1998WL8505,at*2(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,January12,1998).SeealsoStateexrel.Byrdv.Bomar,381S.W.2d280,283(Ten.1964).#X,rXX X,rF # @)"   ThepetitionerassertedbeforethetrialcourtthathisNNsentencesNNNNareNNexcessive,becauseheshouldhavebeensentencedpursuanttotheCriminalSentencingReformActofNN1982.Wenotethatthepetitionerdidnotaddressthisissueinhisbriefbeforethiscourt.Inanycase,thisissueiswithoutmerit.NNThepetitionercommittedhisoffensesonJanuary6,1981.SeeBryant,No.97,1986WL 4 +. 11493,at*2.Asnotedabove,thepetitionerreceivedasentenceoffortyfiveyearsforhisarmedrobberyconvictionandasentenceofthreetofiveyearsfortheillegal @8.2 weaponconviction.Underthelawineffectatthetimeofthepetitionersoffenses,armedrobberycarriedapenaltyrangingfromtenyearstolifeimprisonment.Tenn.Code.Ann.392501(1982).Thecrimeofpossessionofasawedoffshotguncarriedapenaltyrangingfromoneyeartofiveyears.Tenn.Code.Ann.3961713(1982).Thepetitionerssentencesarewellwithintheseranges.TotheNNextentKthatKNNthe1982SentencingActwouldhaveproduceddifferentresults,the1982SentencingActbyitsowntermsonlyappliedtooffensescommittedonorafterJuly1,1982.Tenn.Code.Ann.4035112NN(1982).LLNNLThus,thepetitionersclaimthathissentenceisillegalismeritless.LNN  Thepetitioneralsoallegesforthefirsttimeonappealthatheisentitledtoadditionalsentencingcredits.NNTNNTNTTTTNNN #  1      TTNNHowever,thepetitionerdoesnotcontendthathis   NNsentenceMsMNNwouldbeexpiredifthecorrectnumberofcreditswereapplied.Moreover,wehavepreviouslyheldthattheDepartmentscalculationofsentencingcreditsisnotacognizableissueinhabeascorpusproceedings.See,e.g.,Jonesv. !` Morgan,No.01C019606CC00263,1997WL284586,at*1(Tenn.Crim.App.at #@ Nashville),perm.toappealdenied,(Tenn.1997);Lemingv.State,No.03C019603 %  CC00119,1997WL198782,at*1(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,April22,1997);Williamsv.McDonald,No.02C019603CR00109,1997WL106337,at*1(Tenn. @)" Crim.App.atJackson,March11,1997).  Finally,totheextentthatthepetitionerhasallegedgroundscognizableinpostconvictionproceedings,weagreewiththetrialcourtthattheapplicablestatuteoflimitationshasexpired.Foralltheforegoingreasons,weaffirmthe 2@), judgmentofthetrialcourt.     <      D   򀀀     <      D   NormaMcGeeOgle,JudgeCONCUR:̜WVNOV񛀛WXNotParticipatingXY񛀛Y񛀀 0  JamesCurwoodWitt,Jr.,Judge򀀀 @ JohnK.Byers,SeniorJudge