WPC # VUNa % 0(bw@4% 9 0lH 0D 0J 0TB 0^  0h 0rd 0| 0R 0 1uh 0d U>AU *B)DC B AM2 D34t 0@v~vf AO9 0DN D/ BHP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLH(hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($- - $[%D&D'( )*+,-Ӏԡ E"|x6((3$ !      0  (#$  0  2 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% Line 7 d%%%%7Border 1dd d-&C << G  !  #d##  $$   YYY FILED$XApril24,1997CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerk  '''''dxd  !#d##   $       $$BecausetheDefendantwasconvictedin1987,hewassentencedundertheSentencingReform0 Actof1982.Therefore,hischallengewouldactuallybetothe1982Act.Thisdistinctionisnotmaterialtoouranalysisoftheissues. * !#d##   $       $$Thiscourthasnotbeenreceptivetosimilarchallengestooursentencinglaws.SeeFrankBellv.0 RickyBell,Warden,C.C.A.No.01C019602CR00058,DavidsonCounty(Tenn.Crim.App.,Nashville,Jan.30,1997);EricC.Pendletonv.State,C.C.A.No.01C019604CR00158,DavidsonCounty(Tenn.Crim.App.,Nashville,Feb.12,1997);JoeThomasBaker,Jr.v.State,C.C.A.No.01C019604CR00129,DavidsonCounty(Tenn.Crim.App.,Nashville,Feb.20,1997);TerryMerrellv.State,C.C.A.No.01C019604CR00147,DavidsonCounty(Tenn.Crim.App.,Nashville,Feb.20,1997).("$    PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! . #  `       \RA'\#$\RA'\7̂XXdd7      R()&A1-j|`  `@R INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEEATNASHVILLEJANUARYSESSION,1997  JACKIELEECHILDS,  ) C.C.A.NO.01C019604CR00164     )  Appellant,   )     )     ) DAVIDSONCOUNTYVS.     )      ) HON.J.RANDALLWYATT,JR. STATEOFTENNESSEE,  ) JUDGE      )  Appellee.   ) (HabeasCorpus)   ONAPPEALFROMTHEJUDGMENTOFTHECRIMINALCOURTOFDAVIDSONCOUNTY  FORTHEAPPELLANT:   FORTHEAPPELLEE:ROBERTJ.MENDES   CHARLESW.BURSON20910thAve.South   AttorneyGeneralandReporterNashville,TN37203      DARYLJ.BRAND      AssistantAttorneyGeneral      450JamesRobertsonParkway      Nashville,TN372430493      VICTORS.JOHNSON      DistrictAttorneyGeneral      KATRINN.MILLER      AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral      WashingtonSquare,Suite500      222SecondAvenueNorth      Nashville,TN372091649OPINIONFILED________________________AFFIRMEDDAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGE   $OPINION $  ӛ ThisisanappealpursuanttoRule3oftheTennesseeRulesofAppellateProcedure.TheDefendantfiledapetitionseekinghabeascorpusreliefonthegroundsthatTennesseessentencinglawsviolatetheseparationofpowersclauseoftheTennesseeConstitutionandthatthesentencesauthorizedareindeterminateinnatureandthuscontrarytolaw.Thetrialcourtdeniedhabeascorpusrelief.Weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt. ThepetitionforwritofhabeascorpusallegesthattheDefendantisinthecustodyoftheTennesseeDepartmentofCorrectionasaresultofbeingconvictedofarmedrobberyandaggravatedkidnapingonApril14,1987,intheCriminalCourtofKnoxCounty,Tennessee.ThepetitionallegesthattheDefendantreceivedasentenceofthirtyyearstobeservedatthirtypercent. Wefirstnotethatapetitionforwritofhabeascorpusmustcontainacopyofthe legalprocessuponwhichrestraintisbased,orasatisfactoryreasonforitsabsence.Tenn.CodeAnn.2921107(b)(2).Thepetitioninthiscasecontainsneither.Thisomissionalonewouldwarrantthetrialcourtsdismissalofthepetition.Stateexrel.Woodv.Johnson,393S.W.2d135,136(Tenn.1965).Inahabeascorpusproceeding,theburdenofshowingtheinvalidityofthejudgmentofconvictionisuponthepetitioner, andintheabsenceofaproductionofthejudgment,oracopythereof,wemustpresumeitwasandisvalidinallrespects.Stateexrel.Georgev.Bomar,390S.W.2d232,234(Tenn.1965).ItistheAppellantsobligationtohavepreparedanadequaterecordinordertoallowmeaningfulreviewonappeal.Tenn.R.App.P.24(b);Statev.Banes,874S.W.2d73,82(Tenn.Crim.App.1993).Thetrialcourtdidnoterrwhenitdeniedhabeascorpusrelief. Onappeal,theDefendantarguesthatourstatutoryschemeofsentencingviolatestheseparationofpowersclauseoftheStateConstitution.SeeTenn.Const.art.II,1&2.Insentencingadefendant,thetrialjudgemustfirstdeterminetheappropriatesentencingrangewhichdeterminesthereleaseeligibilitypercentage.TheDefendantarguesthatthisjudicialfunctionencroachesuponthepoweroftheexecutivebranchtodetermineaninmatesparoleeligibility.TheDefendantthereforearguesthatweshouldstrikedownourentiresentencingcode. +   ׀WerejecttheDefendantsargumentbecauseweconcludethatithasnomerit.Somefunctionsofthethreedepartmentsofstategovernmentarenecessarilyoverlappingandinterdependent.Webelievethisisparticularlytrueinourcriminaljusticesystem.SeeLavonv.State,586S.W.2d112,115(Tenn.1979);Underwoodv.State,529S.W.2d45,47(Tenn.1975);ϜWoodsv.State,130Tenn.100,169S.W.558(1914).Accordingly,wedonotbelievethejudicialfunctionofsettingsentencingrangesisanunconstitutionalencroachmentonthepowersoftheexcecutivebranch. TheDefendantfurtherarguesthatthesentencingrangesalongwiththereleaseeligibilitypercentagesestablishindeterminatesentencesinviolationofTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection4035211,whichprohibitsindeterminatesentences.Wealsorejectthisargumentbecauseweconcludethatithasnomerit.ThefactthattheBoardofParolesmaygrantordenyparoledoesnotconvertadeterminatesentenceintoanindeterminatesentence.Paroledoesnotcauseasentencetoexpireorterminatebutisaconditionalreleasefrommorerestrictiveconfinement.SeeHowellv.State;569S.W.2d428,433(Tenn.1978);Doylev.Hampton,207Tenn.399,403,340S.W.2d891,893(1960).Aparoleeremainsinconstructivecustodyuntiltheexpirationofthefulltermofhisorhersentence.Howell,569S.W.2dat433. Thewritofhabeascorpus,codifiedatTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsections2921101to130,istobeissuedonlyinthecaseofavoidjudgmentortofreeaprisonerheldafterthetermofimprisonmenthasexpired.Tenn.CodeAnn.2921101;Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,164(Tenn.1993);Flowersv.Traughber,910S.W.2d468,469(Tenn.Crim.App.1995).ThesolereliefavailableunderTennesseeshabeascorpusstatuteisdischargefromcustody.Taylorv.Morgan,909S.W.2d17,20(Tenn.Crim.App.1995).Forthereasonsstatedinthisopinion,wecannotconcludethatthetrialjudgeerredbydenyingtheDefendantsrequestthathebereleased.Therefore,weconcludethatthepetitionforwritofhabeascorpuswasproperlydismissed. ,   כ Thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.̜         ____________________________________     DAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGECONCUR:___________________________________JERRYL.SMITH,JUDGE___________________________________JOEG.RILEY,JUDGE