WPCQ F+p$|JQӤ'FpJ66!Ԩ,&t.U>wzA/eZӍ>YU@ @7>ksf)O"V2OU,7_(oa洠qG@5 9NhC`ϘDQV<9b/>7ﵡCKu3а99hj5NCyQ0 4*9#cͅ60e-ܛMQϩOhDE5S1BBj76K7GGDruȷjh f뻑j>;n?vi! M;'5Zz8s:˅s)-,xu$Uٙ/@?YivKaEm/s ͭt`S>  @< H Z <@A<X XZ <A<<BU kB<7vXXdXXd7<><<>< ` Thepetitioner,JoshuaDeanFord,appealstheorderoftheSullivanCounty \ CriminalCourtdismissinghispetitionforwritofhabeascorpus.Thepetitionerispresentlyservingconsecutivesentencesofnine(9)yearsfortheoffenseofvehicularhomicideandone(1)yearfortheoffenseoffailuretoappear.Inhisprosepetitionforwritofhabeascorpus,heclaimsthathisconvictionforfailure   toappearisvoid,andthesentencehereceivedforthatconvictionisillegal.Thetrialcourtsummarilydismissedthepetitionwithoutappointmentofcounsel.AfterathoroughreviewoftherecordbeforethisCourt,weaffirmthetrialcourtsjudgmentpursuanttoRule20oftheTennesseeCourtofCriminalAppeals. ` Itiswell-establishedthathabeascorpusreliefisavailableonlyif itappearsuponthefaceofthejudgmentortherecordoftheproceedingsuponwhichthejudgmentisrendered,thataconvictingcourtwaswithoutjurisdictionorauthoritytosentenceadefendant,orthatadefendantssentenceofimprisonmentorotherrestrainthasexpired.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157, ', 164(Tenn.1993)(citationomittedinoriginal).Thehabeaspetitionerbearstheburdenofdemonstratingbyapreponderanceoftheevidencethatthejudgmentofconvictionisvoidorthathistermofconfinementhasexpired.Passarellav. \-## State,891S.W.2d619,627(Tenn.Crim.App.1994). L/%%  ` Thepetitionerdoesnotchallengethelegalityofhisconvictionforvehicularhomicide,nordoesheassertthathisnine(9)yearsentenceforthatconvictionhasexpired.Hemerelyclaimsthathisconvictionforfailuretoappearisvoid.However, theonlyreliefthatcanbegivenaprisonerinastatehabeascorpusproceedingisrelease.Statev.Warren,740S.W.2d427,428(Tenn.Crim.App. 8// 1986).Thepetitionerssentencesforvehicularhomicideandfailuretoappearwereorderedtorunconsecutively.Therefore,evenifthepetitionercoulddemonstratethathisconvictionforfailuretoappearisvoid,hewouldnotbeentitledtoimmediatereleaseuntilhecandemonstratethatthisconvictionisthesolebasisforhisdetention.Sincethepetitioneris<D<<D<inthecustodyoftheTennesseeDepartmentofCorrectionforhisvehicularhomicideconviction,thepetitionisprematureandfailstoqualifyaswarrantingawritofhabeascorpus. ` Becausethepetitionfailedtostateaclaimwhichwouldentitlehimtohabeascorpusrelief,thetrialcourtproperlydismissedthepetition.SeeTenn.  CodeAnn.29-21-109.Accordingly,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourtpursuanttoRule20oftheTennesseeCourtofCriminalAppeals.CostsoftheappealwillbepaidbytheStateofTennesseeasitappearsthatthepetitionerisindigent.<@<#X XX X6k #<@A<#Z  XX #<AC `  `  `  `  ` C  C ` C `     h   ____________________________________ `     h   JERRYL.SMITH,JUDGECONCUR:___________________________________JOEG.RILEY,JUDGE___________________________________NORMA;MCGEEOGLE,JUDGE;