WPC /# UN % 0(w@)4i} BU@ 0J 0T3 0^ 0h 0rM 0D 0| 0 0 1u[ AQ 0D! 0de U> B) 0@0 DCp D3 U* D/ AM? B e  v~vHP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLH(hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($ cEdDefgDhijDkӀlzz!U\V]3|xl d `(ZapfCalligr BTTT2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  (3$ !  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  ԃLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 52^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)$(C<< C($$   1  P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(&Times New Roman% Line 7 d("$    ####7Border 1dd 'dxd<  9p`(Arial**' dxd$%C << GP Pd  !"  "  "  ' eee FILED'X '"US ,  + !  'X CecilCrowson,Jr.     ' eee AppellateCourtClerk     XPtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva ! . "     \RA'\  \RA'\'R),%A1-j|4 `@R @ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@ ATJACKSON@ FEBRUARY1997SESSIONCURTISGOULDIN, @ )@ ) NO.02C019605CR00145  Appellant,@ )@ ) SHELBYCOUNTYVS. @ )@ ) Hon.ChrisCraft,JudgeSTATEOFTENNESSEE, @ )@ ) (PetitionforWritofHabeasCorpus) Appellee.@ ) FORTHEAPPELLANT:    FORTHEAPPELLEE:CURTISGOULDIN,prose    CHARLESW.BURSON LakeCountyCorrectionalFacility   AttorneyGeneralandReporterRoute#1,P.O.Box330Tiptonville,TN38079    ELIZABETHT.RYAN        AssistantAttorneyGeneral       450JamesRobertsonParkway       Nashville,TN372430493       JOHNW.PIEROTTI,JR.        DistrictAttorneyGeneral       DAVIDSHAPIRO        AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral       Suite301       201PoplarAvenue       Memphis,TN38103 OPINIONFILED:򀀀AFFIRMEDJOEG.RILEY,JUDGE 7^XXdXXd7@ OPINION  Thepetitioner,CurtisGouldin,appealstheorderoftheCriminalCourtofShelbyCountydenyinghispetitionforwritofhabeascorpus.Hissolecontentionisthathereceivedanillegalsentenceafterhepledguiltytotwo(2)countseachofaggravatedrapeandrobberywithadeadlyweapon.Thetrialcourttreatedthepetitionasoneforpostconvictionreliefanddismissedthepetitiononthegroundsthat(1)itwastimebarred,and(2)anynonjurisdictionalerrorwaswaivedbytheguiltyplea.Weaffirm. InMay1984,Gouldinpledguiltytotwo(2)countsofaggravatedrapeandtwo(2)countsofrobberywithadeadlyweapon.HewassentencedundertheCriminalSentencingReformActof1982asaRangeIIoffender.InNovember1995,hefiledthispetitionclaimingthathehadnopriorconvictionsandshouldhavebeensentencedasaRangeIoffender.Thus,hecontendsthathissentenceisillegalandvoidonitsface.̀ @ I Thehabeascorpuspetitionwasproperlydismissed.T.C.A.2921105requiresthattheapplicationforwritofhabeascorpusbemade tothecourtorjudgemostconvenientinpointofdistancetotheapplicant,unlessasufficientreasonbegiveninthepetitionfornotapplyingtosuchcourtorjudge.GouldinisincarceratedintheLakeCountyCorrectionalFacility.Consequently,thepetitionwasimproperlyfiledinShelbyCounty.SeeStateexrel.Leachv.Avery,215Tenn.425,387S.W.2d346(1964);Leonardv.Crim.Ct.ofDavidsonCounty,804S.W.2d891(Tenn.Crim.App.1990). Furthermore,habeascorpusreliefincriminalcasesislimitedtothoseinstanceswherethepetitionersconvictionisvoidorheisbeingheldbeyondtheexpirationofhissentence.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157(Tenn.1993).Gouldincannotestablishthatthejudgmentsconvictinghimarevoidorthathissentencetermshaveexpired.Thepetitionforhabeascorpushasnomerit.@ II Thetrialcourttreatedthepetitionasoneforpostconvictionrelief.T.C.A.4030205(c)providesthatahabeascorpuspetitionmaybetreatedasapetitionforpostconvictionreliefwheneverappropriate.GouldinenteredapleaofguiltyinMay1984.ThestatuteoflimitationsforpostconvictionreliefranonJuly1,1989.Abstonv.State,749S.W.2d487(Tenn.Crim.App.1988).Thepetitionraisesnoexceptionsfortollingthestatute.Asaresult,thepostconvictionpetitionistimebarred. Additionally,evenifthepetitionwerenottimebarred,thereisnomerittoGouldinsargument.WeneednotreachtheactualmeritsastowhetherGouldinwasproperlyclassifiedasaRangeIIoffender.Adefendantcanenterapleaofguiltypursuanttoapleaagreementandbesentencedtoahigherrangeofclassificationthanthatwhichwouldordinarilybeimposed.Statev.Mahler,735S.W.2d226(Tenn.1987).GouldinenteredaknowingandvoluntarypleaofguiltytobesentencedasaRangeIIoffender.Assuch,hewaivedanyirregularityordefectintheproceedings.SeeStatev.Wallen,863S.W.2d34(Tenn.1993). ThejudgmentofthetrialcourtisAFFIRMED.       򀀀       JOEG.RILEY,JUDGECONCUR:򀀀JOEB.JONES,PRESIDINGJUDGE򀀀JOHNH.PEAY,JUDGE "