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P.O.Box5000MountainCity,TN37683     p (E()LLENH.POLLACK)( T () ODDR.KELLEY ) (#   `     h      p AssistantAttorneyGeneral ($  `     h      p 2ndFloor,CordellHullBuilding  `     h      p 425FifthAvenueNorth &  `     h      p Nashville,TN37243  `     h      p JOEC.CRUMLEY,JR. )    `     h      p DistrictAttorneyGeneral * ! . `     h      p 114AlfTaylorRoad̀ `     h      p JohnsonCity,TN37601 +"# .++* `     h      p MICHAELJ.FAHEY,II ,##  `     h      p AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral -$$  `     h      p 114AlfTaylorRoad̀ `     h      p JohnsonCity,TN37601 /&& *//,,OPINIONFILED________________________AFFIRMEDTHOMAST.WOODALL,JUDGE+ +  9 01F    OPINION  `     ` JuliusGoodman,thePetitioner,appealsthedismissalofhispetitionforhabeascorpusrelief.In1985,thePetitionerpledguiltytoaggravatedrapeandwassentencedtoforty(40)yearsimprisonmentintheHaywoodCountyCircuitCourt.OnFebruary13,1998,Petitionerfiledapetitionforhabeascorpusrelief,assertingthattheindictmentforaggravatedrapewasinvalidasitdidnotcontaintherequisite   mensrea.Thetrialcourtdismissedthepetitionbasedupontheissuenotbeing v  amenabletohabeascorpusrelief.OnMarch25,1998,thePetitionerfiledamotiontoreconsiderthedismissalandtoamendhispetitionforhabeascorpusrelief.Intheamendment,PetitionerstatedthattheDistrictAttorneyfailedtosigntheindictmentsenttothegrandjuryandsuchfailurerenderedtheindictmentagainsthimvoid.Thismotionwasalsodeniedbythetrialcourt,andPetitionerappealsonthebasisofthisdenial.Weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt. ` Itisawellestablishedprincipleoflawthattheremedyofhabeascorpusislimitedinitsnatureandscope.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,16162(Tenn. F( 1993);Passarellav.State,891S.W.2d619,626(Tenn.Crim.App.1994).In 6* ! Tennessee,habeascorpusreliefisavailableonlyif itappearsuponthefaceofthejudgmentortherecordoftheproceedingsuponwhichthejudgmentisrenderedthataconvictingcourtwaswithoutjurisdictionorauthoritytosentenceadefendant,orthatadefendantssentenceofimprisonmentorotherrestrainthasexpired.Archer, 1() 851S.W.2dat164.Thepetitionerhastheburdenofestablishingeitheravoidjudgmentoranillegalconfinementbyapreponderanceoftheevidence.Passarella, 5v,- 891S.W.2dat627(citationomitted).Moreover,whereajudgmentisnotvoid,butismerelyvoidable,suchjudgmentmaynotbecollaterallyattackedinasuitfor 9V01 habeascorpusrelief.Id.Withoutavalidindictment,therecanbenojurisdictionand `  noprosecution.Dykesv.Compton,978S.W.2d528(Tenn.1998). [T]hevalidity P  ofanindictmentandtheefficacyoftheresultingconvictionmaybeaddressedinapetitionforhabeascorpuswhentheindictmentissodefectiveastodeprivethecourtofjurisdiction.Id.at529.Therefore,thiscaseisproperlybeforeourcourtina (  habeascorpusproceeding. ` Petitionerfirstarguesthathisconvictionisvoidbecausetheappropriatemens @ reafortheoffenseofaggravatedrapewasnotincludedinthelanguageofthe H indictment.AtthetimeoftheoffenseinApril1985,TennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection392603definedaggravatedrapeas unlawfulsexualpenetrationofanotheraccompaniedby...forceorcoercion...usedtoaccomplishtheactandthedefendantisarmedwithaweaponoranyarticleusedorfashionedinamannertoleadthevictimreasonablytobelieveittobeaweapon.Thislanguagewassufficientunderthelawasitexistedatthattime. ` ThisindictmentwasissuedpriortotheCriminalSentencingReformActof1989,andtheCriminalCodedidnotcontainaprovisionsimilarto3911301(c)(1989).Theonlystatutoryrequirementsforanindictmentwerefoundin401802(now4013202(1990)),whichprovidedasfollows:8 ` Theindictmentmuststatethefactsconstitutingtheoffenseinordinaryandconciselanguage,withoutprolixityorrepetition,insuchamannerastoenableapersonofcommonunderstandingtoknowwhatisintended,andwiththatdegreeofcertaintywhichwillenablethecourt, onconviction,topronouncetheproperjudgment.,,8..` (#` (# However,generallystatedanindictmentisvalidifitprovidessufficientinformation (1)toenabletheaccusedtoknowtheaccusationtowhichananswerisrequired,(2)tofurnishthecourtadequatebasisfortheentryofaproperjudgment,and(3)toprotecttheaccusedfromdoublejeopardy.Statev.Hill,954S.W.2d725,727 x (Tenn.1997).WhileHillwasprosecutedundertheCriminalSentencingReformAct   of1989,itsanalysisisasrelevanttocrimescommittedunderthe1979Actasitistothosecommittedunderthe1989Act.Dykesv.Compton,978S.W.2dat530. 0  JustasinHill,thementalstateinthecasesubjudiceiseasilyinferablefromthe 8 conductallegedintheindictment.Id. @ ̜ ` AstheindictmentagainstPetitionercontainedthewordsfoundinthelanguageofthestatutethathehad unlawfulsexualpenetrationofthevictimcontrarytoTennesseeCodeAnnotatedSection392603,theindictmentmeetstherequirementsofsufficientlyapprisingthePetitioneroftheoffensechargedunderthelawatthetime.Petitionersissueiswithoutmerit. ` Petitionerssecondargumentaddressestheallegedfailureoftheprosecutorordistrictattorneytosigntheindictment.PetitioneriscorrectthattheDistrictAttorneyisrequiredtosigntheindictmentsomewhereontheindictment.SeeSteve -$$ Carrollv.HowardCarlton,Warden,No.03C019611CR00420,slipop.at2, /&& JohnsonCounty(Tenn.Crim.App.,atKnoxville,January21,1998)(NoRule11applicationfiled)(citationsomitted).However,ourreviewoftheindictmentindicatesthatitwas,infact,signedbytheDistrictAttorneyGeneralatthebottomofthethirdpageofathreepageindictment.Thesix(6)countswithintheindictmentwereconsecutivelynumbered,withcounts(1),(2)and(3)onthefirstpage,counts(4)and  :00 (5)onthesecondpage,concludingwithcount(6)onthethirdpage.Itisreasonabletointerprethissignatureasintendingtocoverallsix(6)countscontainedinthethreepageindictment.Id.,slipop.at2.Thisissueisalsowithoutmerit. p   ` AfterfindingPetitionersissuestobewithoutmerit,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt.̜$ `     h   ____________________________________ `     h   THOMAST.WOODALL,JudgeCONCUR:___________________________________JERRYL.SMITH,Judge   "d ___________________________________L.T.LAFFERTY,SeniorJudge$$$