WPCy # VU:a % 0w@ 4   0J 0TZ 0^ 0h 0rt 0| 0b 0 1ux 0dU*QB){DC AM4v~vq BD D3a 0@ AO# 0D D/- B\HP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLH,  AZ"Arial RegularX(g$XTR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7YXXdXXd7    DeDDEӀԡ 3|x2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23    ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(Arial% Line 7 d7Border 1dd-C << G  !  #d#      X \RA'\#d#        YYY FILEDXAugust15,1997CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerk  PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva  d%%%%'dxd("$    -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! .       X \RA'\#Xd##Xd#     ݛR !A1-j|` , `@Rߛ @ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@ ATNASHVILLE@ JUNE1997SESSIONAMOSCURTISCOPENY,  ) No.01C019606CR00240      ) Appellee    )       ) DAVIDSONCOUNTYV.      )      ) HON.THOMASH.SHRIVER,STATEOFTENNESSEE,   ) JUDGE      ) Appellant.    ) (HabeasCorpus)      )      )FortheAppellant:     FortheAppellee:GeoffreyCoston     JohnKnoxWalkup2813WestEndAvenue    AttorneyGeneralandReporterNashville,TN37203              DarylJ.Brand       AssistantAttorneyGeneral       450JamesRobertsonParkway       Nashville,TN372430493       VictorS.Johnson,III       DistrictAttorneyGeneral       PamelaS.Anderson       AssistantDistrictAttorney       WashingtonSquare,Suite500       222SecondAvenue,North       Nashville,TN37201OPINIONFILED:___________________AFFIRMEDPURSUANTTORULE20WilliamM.Barker,Judge@ OPINION  Theappellant,AmosCurtisCopeny,appealsasofrightthedenialbytheDavidsonCountyCriminalCourtofhispetitionforawritofhabeascorpus.Thepetitionallegesthatappellantisservingasixty(60)yearsentenceasacareeroffenderfora1991seconddegreemurderconviction.HearguesinhispetitionthatthestatutorysentencingschemeviolatestheseparationofpowersclauseoftheTennesseeConstitution.SeeTenn.Const.art.II,1&2.Healsocontendsthatthesentencingstatutesviolatetheprohibitionagainstindeterminatesentences.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035211(1990).WeaffirmthetrialcourtsdenialofappellantspetitionpursuanttoRule20oftheTennesseeCourtofCriminalAppeals. Permittingthejudiciarytoplaceoffenderswithinlegislativelydefinedrangeclassificationswhichdeterminepunishmentandreleaseeligibilitydoesnotviolatetheseparationofpowers.Likewise,wecannotagreethattherangeclassificationscoupledwithreleaseeligibilitydatesrenderanoffenderssentenceindeterminate.TheseveryargumentsadvancedbyappellanthavebeenrejectedbypanelsofthisCourtonnumerousoccasions.SeeKennethSteelev.State,No.01C019512CC00409(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,April30,1997);SteveL.Bryantv.State,No.01C01960500190(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,April24,1997);WilliamLeeTollettv.State,No.01C019605CR00180(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,April24,1997);JackieLeeChildsv.State,No.01C019604CR00164(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,April24,1997);EricC.Pendletonv.State,No.01C019604CR00158(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,February12,1997);FrankBellv.RickyBell,WardenandStateofTennessee,No.01C019602CR00058(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,January30,1997),perm.toappealdenied(Tenn.1997).SeealsoJoeThomasBaker,Jr.v.State,No.01C019604CR00129(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,February20,1997)(rejectingargumentonindeterminatesentences),perm.toappealdenied(Tenn.1997);TerryMerrellv.State,No.01C019604CR00147(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,February20,1997)(rejectingargumentonindeterminatesentences).Similarly,appellantsargumentsarewithoutmerit. Findingthatnoerroroflawwascommittedbythetrialcourtandthatanopinionwouldhavenoprecedentialvalue,thedismissalofappellantshabeascorpuspetitionisaffirmedpursuanttoRule20oftheTennesseeCourtofCriminalAppeals.       _______________________________       WilliamM.Barker,JudgeCONCUR:____________________________JoeB.Jones,PresidingJudge____________________________ThomasT.Woodall,Judge