WPC =辁}&8p7(68Q2ojMq~Mʠ5=A Woodv.Johnson,393S.W.2d135,136(Tenn.1965).#&u&&#&u##XX&&u#   $ `   1    &%&XX&%&&&%Inthis1992case,thesameappellantcontendedinahabeascorpuspetitionthathe  shouldberesentencedunderthe1989SentencingAct.ThatargumentwasalsorejectedbythisCourt.#&%&&&%p#&&&&%#&%&&&~##X X&&%Q#(hH  Z 6Times New Roman Regular(ON  Z 6Times New Roman Regular-) AZ"Arial Regular   $ `   2     XX#X X Q#&%&XX &%&&&%Appellantalsoassignsaserrorthetrialcourtsdismissalofhispetitionforfailureto  includeacopyofthe legalprocessuponwhichhisrestraintisbased.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.29  21107(b)(2).Wenotenosatisfactoryreasonforitsabsence.Thisfailureoperatesasanothervalidreasonfordismissalofappellantspetitionwithoutanevidentiaryhearing.Stateexrel. > Woodv.Johnson,393S.W.2d135,136(Tenn.1965).#&%&&#&%##X X&&%#(hH  Z 6Times New Roman Regular(hH  Z 6Times New Roman Regular XIXXXqXXI   Ad FILEDXIXq  July20,1999CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerkdAM -) AZ"Arial Regular,cAZ"Arial Regular XIXXXqXXI   Ad FILEDXIXq  July15,1999CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerkdAM ,cAZ"Arial Regular(ON  Z 6Times New Roman Regular d(hH  Z 6Times New Roman Regular""""'dxd(3$ !  -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd !  XIXXX  TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'Tr*<,(j 8` `@E` 8ttxP  rr*<,(j 8` `@E` 8ttxP  r@  INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@FF'ATNASHVILLE@77%JUNE1999SESSIONBOBBYL.CRUM, @-)  ` @-) p NO.01C019810CR00432   L   ` Appellant,@-)  8  @-) p DAVIDSONCOUNTY     VS. @-)   @-) p HON.STEVER.DOZIER,   FLORAJ.HOLLAND,Warden, @-) p JUDGE    @-) ` Appellee.@-) p (HabeasCorpus) d (  @(#(#( FORTHEAPPELLANT: L BOBBYL.CRUM,ProSe #00095044  SpecialNeedsFacility7575CockrillBendIndustrialRd.Nashville,TN372091057 r  FORTHEAPPELLEE: L MICHAELE.MOORE  $ SolicitorGeneral LUCIAND.GEISE   AssistantAttorneyGeneralCordellHullBuilding,2ndFloor425FifthAvenueNorthNashville,TN372430493 VICTORS.JOHNSONIII   F% DistrictAttorneyGeneral JONP.SEABORG  #( AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneralWashingtonSquare2222ndAvenueNorth,Suite500Nashville,TN372011649 *4&0 (  @( OPINIONFILED:򀀀 |.)2 AFFIRMEDRULE20JOEG.RILEY,JUDGE  62;  7VPXdXXd7   r P@+ ORDER    ` Appellant,BOBBYL.CRUM,appealsthetrialcourt'ssummarydismissalofhispetitionforwritofhabeascorpus.Appellantassertshis1981convictionandlife  p sentenceforaggravatedkidnappingarevoidsincethisCourtdidnotaffirmtheconvictionuntilJuly22,1982,andtheCriminalSentencingReformActof1982(effectiveJuly1,1982)wouldsignificantlyreducehissentenceforthisparticularoffense.Thus,heassertsheisentitledtoberesentencedunderthe1982Act.Wedisagree. ` AppellantwasarrestedandchargedwithaggravatedkidnappinginMarch1980,wasconvictedofthatchargeinDecember1981,andwassentencedinJanuary1982.Heallegesthatheshouldberesentencedunderthe1982SentencingActsincehisconvictionwasnotaffirmedbythisCourtuntilJuly22,1982. ` "HabeascorpusreliefisavailableinTennesseeonlywhen'itappearsuponthefaceofthejudgmentortherecordoftheproceedingsuponwhichthejudgmentisrendered'thataconvictingcourtwaswithoutjurisdictionorauthoritytosentenceadefendant,orthatadefendant'ssentenceofimprisonmentorotherrestrainthasexpired."Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,164(Tenn.1993).Ifanappellantfails ($( tomeetthisthresholdrequirement,thetrialcourtneednotconductahearingandmaysummarilydismissthepetitionforwritofhabeascorpus.Tenn.CodeAnn.2921109. ` AppellantcitesTenn.CodeAnn.3911112(1997)insupportofhisargumentforthemorefavorablesentencingprovisionsofthe1982ReformAct:8 ` 8 ` ` "[e]xceptasprovidedundertheprovisionsof4035117,intheeventthesubsequentactprovidesfora *6z17 lesserpenalty,anypunishmentimposedshallbein P     P    accordancewiththesubsequentact."(Emphasis 7J39  P     P    addedbyappellant).  x x  95;  P    However,appellantblatantlyfailstoacknowledgetheprovisionsofTenn.CodeAnn.4035117(c)(1997)whichprovides:8 ` 8 ` ` "[f]orallpersonswhocommittedcrimespriortoJuly1, @  1982,priorlawshallapplyandremaininfullforceandeffectineveryrespect,including,butnotlimitedtosentencing,paroleandprobation."(eEmphasisadded).`  x x  ` Appellantseekstobesentencedunderthe1982SentencingAct;however,thatActspecificallystatesthat [f]orallpersonswhocommittedcrimespriortoJuly  1,1982,thepriorlawshallremaininfullforceandeffectineveryrespect,including  butnotlimitedtosentencing,paroleandprobation.(emphasisadded).Tenn.CodeAnn.4035112(a) p М(1982)(emphasisadded)..ThefactthattheconvictionwasnotaffirmedbythisCourtuntilJuly22,1982,isirrelevantsincethe1982SentencingActdoesnotapplytocrimescommittedpriortoJuly1,1982.Id. `  ` Furthermore,thefactthatsubsequentlegislationprovidesforalesserpenaltythanthatreceivedunderpriorlegislationneitherimplicatesnorviolatesanyofappellantsconstitutionalrights.SeeStateexrel.Stewardv.McWherter,857 $" S.W.2d875,876(Tenn.Crim.App.1992);Stateexrel.BobbyL.Crumv.Ned p&!$ McWherter,C.C.A.No.02C019108CC00181,LakeCounty(Tenn.Crim.App. P(#& filedMay13,1992,atJackson).  %  1       0*%(   ,`'*  ` Basedupontheforegoing,thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisAFFIRMEDpursuanttoRule20,TennesseeCourtofCriminalAppeals.  %  2      ׀Itappearingthatthe   r     r     r     r    appellantisindigent,costsshallbetaxedtothestate.  ` Soordered.Enter:/(#____________________________ `     h      p JOEG.RILEY,JUDGE    CONCUR: p  ___________________________  0 JOSEPHM.TIPTON,JUDGE ____________________________    ALANE.GLENN,JUDGE