WPC %# UN! %o 0(uw@4U: 0B 0cU:kU: 0J 0T) 0^} 0h 0rC 0| 01 0 1uG 0d U> U*^  v~Z v BHP DeskJet 560C PrinterDESKJETC ,,,, 0nL(9 Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($ 2E3E45E678 9:;*e~3!(|3|x;,rAZ"Arial Regular(v(2jv$ !  XXoXXXXXo `   0  ("[$ XoXXX  0  ,rAZ"Arial Regular,rAZ"Arial Regular2 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#   $   X          ݀Thepetitionercontendsthathewasoriginallyindictedontwocountsofrape,andthathewassubsequentlyconvictedonbothcounts.Therecord,however,doesnotcontainthesecondcountoftheindictmentnorthejudgmentsheet.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 ! .   ݛ       X \RA'\ \RA'\7 o XXdd7 @ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE @ ATJACKSON @ RONALDDENNISCRAFTON,   )       )   Petitioner,    ) C.C.A.NO.02C019703CC00103       )  ̀vs.      )LAKECOUNTY        )  BILLYCOMPTON,WARDEN,  ) No. 977591       )   Respondent.    )        @ ORDER   ThismatterisbeforetheCourtuponthestatesmotiontoaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourtunderRule20,RulesoftheCourtofCriminalAppeals.ThecasebeforethisCourtrepresentsanappealfromthetrialcourtsdenialofthepetitionerspetitionforwritofhabeascorpus.TherecordwasfiledonMarch13,1997,andthepetitioner'sbriefwasfiledonMarch19,1997.TherecordindicatesthepetitionerwasoriginallyindictedononecountrapeinJuly1991. !   ׀Inthepresentappeal,thepetitioner,relyinginpartuponStatev.RogerDaleHill,No.01C019508CC00267(Tenn.Crim.App.June20,1996),contendsthejudgmententeredagainsthimisvoidbecausetheindictmentfailedtoallegethemensreaoftheoffensecharged.  Havingreviewedthestatesmotioninlightofthepetitionersresponseandtheentirerecordonappeal,weconcludethatthemotioniswelltakenandshouldbegranted.Thetrialjudgedismissedthepetitionstatingthat [a]llegationsconcerningthesufficiencyofanindictmentarenotpropersubjectforhabeascorpusrelief.Itiswellestablishedthatchallengestothesufficiencyofanindictmentcannotbetestedinahabeascorpusproceeding.SeeHaggardv.State,475S.W.2d186,187(Tenn.Crim.App.1971);Brownv.State,445S.W.2d669,674(Tenn.Crim.App.1969).ApanelofthisCourtrecentlyheldthesameinacapitalcase.Barberv.State,No.01C019408CR00281(Tenn.Crim.App.,Feb.23,1995).  Nonetheless,wehaveconsideredthesubstanceofthepetitionersclaimanddetermineittobewithoutmerit.Rapeisdefinedasthe unlawfulsexualpenetrationofavictimbythedefendantaccompaniedbycertainenumeratedaggravatingcircumstances,includingthatthe forceorcoercionisusedtoaccomplishtheact.T.C.A.3913503(1991).Theindictmentatissuebeforeuschargedthatthepetitionerdid unlawfullyhavesexualpenetrationbyforceorcoercionof[thevictim],inviolationofT.C.A.3913503(a)(1).Wefindthattheindictmentatissueheresufficientlyapprisedthepetitioneroftheoffensecharged,andisthereforevalid.  Avalidindictmentinthisstatemustcontaintheelementsconstitutingtheoffenseandmustsufficientlyapprisetheaccusedoftheoffenseheiscalledupontodefend.Statev.Tate,912S.W.2d785,789(Tenn.Crim.App.1995).Whenthelegislatureneglects,however,toincludetherequisitementalstateinthedefinitionofanoffense,permittingtheapplicationofanyoneofthethreementalstatessetforthinT.C.A.3911301(c),anallegationofcriminalconductwillprovidetheaccusedconstitutionallyadequatenoticeofthefactsconstitutingtheoffense.Statev.Dison,No.03C019602CC00051(Tenn.Crim.App.,Jan.31,1997).Theaccusedsculpablementalstate,therefore,isnotanessentialelementoftheoffense.Id.Consequently,thefailuretoallegeaculpablementalstateinthiscasedidnotinvalidatetheindictment.  Forthereasonsstatedabove,itisherebyORDERED,pursuanttoRule20,RulesoftheCourtofCriminalAppeals,thatthejudgmentofthetrialcourtdismissingthepetitionforwritofhabeascorpusisaffirmed.Costsofthisappealshallbeassessedagainstthepetitioner.  Enter,thisthe___dayofMay,1997.      __________________________________      PAULG.SUMMERS,JUDGE      __________________________________      DAVIDG.HAYES,JUDGE      __________________________________      JOEG.RILEY,JUDGE