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ÓRONALD€DEE€WATT,à h àà À à)à  àC.C.A.€NO.€03C01„9609„CR„00343Ð ` Ðà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À à)ó óÐ ` Ðà ` àAppellant,à  àà h àà À àò ò)Ð `  Ðà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À à)Ìà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À à)à  àROANE€COUNTYÐ `  ÐVS.à ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À à)à  àÐ `  Ðà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À à)à  àHON.€E.€EUGENE€EBLENó óÐ `  Ðò òSTATE€OF€TENNESSEE,ó óà À àò ò)à  àJUDGEó óÐ ` Ðà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àò ò)ó óÐ ` Ðà ` àAppellee.à  àà h àà À àò ò)à  àó ó(Habeas€Corpus)ò òÐ ` Ðó óÌÌÓ  Óò òON€APPEAL€FROM€THE€JUDGMENT€OF€THEÐ Pð ÐCRIMINAL€COURT€OF€ROANE€COUNTYó óÐ Pð ÐÌÌòòÓ  ÓFOR€THE€APPELLANTóó:à h àà À àà  àòòFOR€THE€APPELLEEóó:Ð @ à ÐÌKENNETH€F.€IRVINE,€JR.à À àà  àJOHN€KNOX€WALKUPÐ 0"Ð Ð606€W.€Main€Street,€Suite€350à À àà  àAttorney€General€and€ReporterÐ (#È ÐKnoxville,€TN€37901„0084Ìà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àMICHAEL€J.€FAHEY,€IIÌà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àAssistant€Attorney€GeneralÌà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  à425€Fifth€Avenue€NorthÌà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àNashville,€TN€37243ÌÌà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àCHARLES€E.€HAWKÌà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àDistrict€Attorney€GeneralÌÌà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àROGER€DELPÌà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àAssistant€District€Attorney€GeneralÌà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àP.O.€Box€703Ìà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àKingston,€TN€37763ÌÌÌÌOPINION€FILED€________________________ÌÌREVERSED€AND€REMANDEDÌÌDAVID€H.€WELLES,€JUDGEÐ  €7 ./S ÐÓ  ÓÔ€°Š1°ŠŠ#)Ôò òòòOPINIONóóó óÔ€Š#)Š°°Š1ÔÐ `  ÐÌÌÌÓ  ÓÓÓà ` àThe€Defendant,€Ronald€Dee€Watt,€appeals€as€of€right€from€the€RoaneÏCounty€Criminal€Courtððs€dismissal€of€his€petition€for€habeas€corpus€relief.€€TheÏissue€on€appeal€is€whether€the€trial€court€erred€œby›€summarily€dismissing€theÏpetition€without€appointing€counsel€or€conducting€an€evidentiary€hearing.€€WeÏreverse€the€order€dismissing€the€petition€and€remand€this€case€for€furtherÏproceedings.ÌÌà ` àWe€will€first€attempt€to€summarize,€from€the€record€before€us,€the€eventsÏgiving€rise€to€the€Defendantððs€petition€for€writ€of€habeas€corpus.€€On€April€17,Ï1980,€the€Defendant€pleaded€guilty€to€one€count€of€armed€robbery€with€aÏsentence€of€ten€years,€two€counts€of€concealing€stolen€property€with€a€sentenceÏof€three€years€on€each€count,€and€two€counts€of€arson€with€a€sentence€of€oneÏyear€on€each€count.€€All€sentences€were€ordered€to€be€served€consecutive€toÏeach€œother,›€for€an€effective€œsentence€of›€eighteen€years.€€The€sentences€wereÏordered€to€be€served€concurrently€with€a€sentence€the€Defendant€was€serving€inÏthe€federal€penitentiary€for€bank€robbery.ÌÌà ` àThe€Defendant€was€subsequently€transferred€back€to€federal€custody€forÏthe€service€of€his€sentences.€€At€some€point€thereafter€he€was€released€on€paroleÏfrom€federal€custody.€€Subsequent€to€being€released€on€parole,€the€DefendantÏwas€apparently€charged€with€additional€federal€crimes€and€was€returned€toÏfederal€custody.€€By€order€entered€on€January€16,€1992,€the€Criminal€Court€forÏRoane€County,€Tennessee€issued€a€capias€for€the€arrest€of€the€Defendant€ð ðforÐ ¾8^/0 Ðservice€of€the€portion€of€his€sentence€still€owed€to€the€Tennessee€Department€ofÏCorrection.ððÌÌà ` àOn€May€14,€1996€the€Defendant€filed€a€petition€for€writ€of€habeas€corpusÏin€the€Criminal€Court€for€Roane€County.€€The€petition€alleged€that€he€was€anÏinmate€in€the€federal€penitentiary.€€He€alleged€that€he€was€suffering€collateralÏconsequences€œfrom›€being€illegally€and€unconstitutionally€detained€by€virtue€of€theÏcapias€issued€by€the€Roane€County€Criminal€Court€on€January€16,€1992.€€InÏaddition€to€œhis€allegations›€of€œvarious›€constitutional€œviolations,›€the€DefendantÏalleged€that€his€Tennessee€sentence€was€illegal€and€void€because€he€wasÏsentenced€pursuant€to€ð ðan€agreement€between€his€court„appointed€counsel€andÏattorney€general€that€[the€trial€court]€was€powerless€to€order€under€Tenn.€CodeÏAnn.€ðð€39„1„703.ððÌÌà ` àThe€State€filed€a€motion€to€dismiss€the€habeas€corpus€petition€on€theÏgrounds€œ(1)€that›€œTennessee›€Code€œAnnotated›€ðð€29„21„102€excluded€persons€inÏfederal€custody€from€the€benefit€of€State€proceedings€for€a€writ€of€habeas€corpus,Ïand€œ(2)€that›€the€trial€court€had€no€authority€to€order€the€Defendantððs€release€fromÏfederal€custody.€€The€trial€court€issued€an€order€dismissing€the€petition€on€theÏgrounds€that€it€failed€to€state€a€cause€of€action€for€which€relief€could€be€grantedÏbecause€the€Defendant€was€in€federal€custody€œand€ðð›€29„21„102€ð ðexcludesÏpersons€in€federal€custody€from€benefit€of€filing€writ€of€habeas€corpus€in€StateÏproceeding€.€.€.€[and]€.€.€œ.€State›€of€Tennessee€has€no€authority€to€order€releaseÏfrom€federal€custody€even€if€grounds€for€relief€existed.ðð€€It€is€from€this€order€ofÏdismissal€that€the€Defendant€appeals.ÌÐ Ð9p02 Ðà ` àThe€trial€court€dismissed€the€habeas€corpus€petition€because€theÏDefendant€is€in€federal€œcustody.€€Tennesseeððs›€habeas€corpus€law€is€statutory€andÏbegins€with€the€following€provision:ÌÓÓà8 ` àà ¸ àœAny›€person€imprisoned€or€restrained€of€his€liberty,€under€anyÏpretense€whatsoever,€except€in€cases€specified€in€ðð€29„21„102,€mayÏprosecute€a€writ€of€habeas€corpus,€to€inquire€into€the€cause€of€suchÏimprisonment€and€restraint.Ð ` ü!` ü! ÐÌñˆñÓÓñˆñTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€œ29„21„101.€€The›€exception€referred€to€in€the€above€sectionÏprovides€as€follows:ÌœñŠñà8 ` à›à ` àñŠññ‘ñ›ñ‘ññŠñÌñŠññ‰ñÓÓñ‰ññŒññ‹ñÌñ‹ññŒñà8 ` àà ¸ àPersons›€committed€or€detained€by€virtue€of€process€issued€byÏa€court€of€the€United€States,€or€a€judge€thereof,€in€cases€where€suchÏjudges€or€courts€have€exclusive€jurisdiction€under€the€laws€of€theÏUnited€States,€or€have€acquired€exclusive€jurisdiction€by€theÏcommencement€of€suits€in€such€courts,€are€not€entitled€to€theÏbenefits€of€this€writ.€€Ð ` ü!` ü! ÐÌòòId.óó€ðð€29„21„102.Ð °P ÐÌœÌñŽñ›ÌñŽññ‘ñ›ñ‘ññˆñÓÓñˆñ›ññÓÓññà ` àWe€read€this€statute€to€clearly€provide€that€a€State€judge€has€no€authorityÏto€order€the€release€of€a€person€who€has€been€committed€or€is€being€detained,Ïœimprisoned,›€or€restrained€of€his€liberty€by€virtue€of€an€order€of€a€federal€court.€€InÏthe€petition€filed€herein,€however,€the€Defendant€is€seeking€to€test€the€validity€ofÏthe€restraint€on€his€liberty€being€caused€by€the€capias€for€his€arrest€issued€by€theÏCriminal€Court€of€Roane€County,€Tennessee.€€We€do€not€believe€that€theÏDefendantððs€status€as€a€federal€prisoner€deprives€the€Criminal€Court€of€RoaneÏCounty€of€any€authority€to€inquire€into€the€cause€of€the€restraint€on€theÏDefendantððs€liberty€as€a€result€of€the€capias€for€the€Defendantððs€arrest€which€wasÏissued€by€the€Roane€County€Criminal€Court€in€a€previous€order.€€We€thereforeÏconclude€that€the€trial€court€was€in€error€œby›€œsummarily€dismissing›€the€habeasÏcorpus€petition€on€the€grounds€that€the€Defendant€was€a€federal€prisoner.ÌÐ Ø8x/1 Ðà ` àAlthough€it€is€not€entirely€clear€œin›€the€Defendantððs€òòproóó€òòseóó€habeas€corpusÐ `  Ðpetition,€the€Defendant€primarily€argues€that€his€sentence€is€illegal€because€it€wasÏordered€to€be€served€concurrently€with€a€federal€sentence€when€the€law€requiredÏthat€the€sentence€be€served€under€the€control€and€supervision€of€the€State€ofÏTennessee.€€At€the€time€the€Defendant€was€convicted€of€armed€robbery,€robberyÏaccomplished€by€the€use€of€a€deadly€weapon€was€a€Class€X€felony.€€Tenn.€CodeÏAnn.€ðð€39„1„702€(repealed€1989).€€The€law€provided€that€a€sentence€for€a€ClassÏX€felony€would€œð ð[t]erminate›€or€expire€only€after€service€of€the€entire€sentence,€dayÏfor€œday,›€under€the€control€and€supervision€of€the€œstate›€of€Tennessee.ðð€œòòId.óó€ðð›€39„1„Ð à€ Ð703€(repealed€1989).€€The€Defendant€questions€whether€the€trial€judge€had€theÏlegal€authority€to€order€his€sentence€to€run€concurrently€with€the€federal€sentenceÏor€whether€he€was€required€by€the€Class€X€felony€law€to€order€the€œTennesseeÏsentences›€œto€be€served€in€the€state€penitentiary,€presumably€after€he€wasÏreleased€from€federal€custody.›ÌÌà ` àTennessee€courts€have€held€that€when€the€law€œrequireñŒñ›ñŒñs›€the€trial€court€toÏimpose€a€consecutive€sentence€on€a€defendant€convicted€of€a€crime€committedÏwhile€on€work€release,€the€trial€court€œis›€without€jurisdiction€or€authority€to€enter€aÏjudgment€against€a€defendant€for€a€concurrent€sentence.€€òòHenderson€v.€State€exÐ @,à"$ Ðrel.€Lanceóó,€419€S.W.2d€176€(Tenn.€1967);€òòTaylor€v.€Morganóó,€909€S.W.2d€17,€20Ð 0.Ð$& Ð(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€œ1995)ñŒñ›ñŒñ;›€œòòseeóó›€òòalsoóó€òòArcher€v.€Stateóó,€851€S.W.2d€157,€163€(Tenn.Ð  0À&( Ðœ1993)ñŒñ›ñŒñññ;ññ›€œ(noting€that€because€the€trial€court€in€òòLanceóó€was€without€authority€to€renderÐ 2°(* Ða€concurrent€sentence€when€statutorily€required€to€make€the€sentenceÏconsecutive,€the€judgment€was€facially€void,€and€a€writ€of€habeas€corpus€couldÏissue€to€release€Lance›€from€his€guilty€œplea).›ÌÐ Ð9p02 Ðà ` àWe€also€note€that€the€Defendantððs€effective€eighteen„year€sentence€wasÏimposed€on€April€17,€1980.€€The€sentence€was€ordered€to€be€served€concurrentlyÏœwith›€a€federal€sentence.€€Assuming€that€the€concurrent€sentence€was€a€legalÏsentence,€it€becomes€obvious€that€more€than€eighteen€years€has€now€passedÏsince€the€sentence€was€imposed.€€Although€there€may€well€be€reasons€why€theÏsentence€has€not€expired,€the€Defendant€argues€on€appeal€that€on€its€face€itÏappears€that€the€sentence€has€expired.ÌÌà ` àBased€on€our€review€of€the€record€and€our€understanding€of€the€law,€we€doÏnot€believe€that€the€trial€judge€should€have€dismissed€the€Defendantððs€petition€forÏhabeas€corpus€relief€without€appointing€counsel€and€allowing€the€Defendant€theÏopportunity€to€present€his€petition€on€the€merits.€€If€the€Defendantððs€eighteen„yearÏsentence,€ordered€to€be€served€concurrently€with€a€federal€sentence,€is€an€illegalÏsentence,€it€is€clear€that€œthe›€court€has€the€authority€to€correct€œit€at€any€time,›€evenÏif€it€has€otherwise€become€final.€€òòState€v.€Burkhartóó,€566€S.W.2d€871,€873€(Tenn.Ð €$  Ð1978).€€œAn€illegal€sentence€is€a€nullity.€€òòId.óó€€If›€the€sentence€was€illegal,€the€statusÐ p& Ðof€the€prosecution€œin›€Roane€County€would€apparently€return€to€the€sentencingÏstage.€€At€that€stage,€further€proceedings€on€the€Defendantððs€plea€œñ‘ñwould€ñ‘ññ‘ñ›ñ‘ñññshall€ññbe›Ïgoverned€by€Rule€11€of€the€Tennessee€Rules€of€Criminal€Procedure.€€òòSeeóó€òòTaylorÐ @,à"$ Ðv.€Morganóó,€909€S.W.2d€17,€20€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1995).Ð 0.Ð$& ÐÌà ` àWe€also€point€out€that€even€if€the€Defendant€can€establish€that€he€receivedÏan€illegal€œsentence,›€he€may€nevertheless€be€ineligible€for€habeas€corpus€relief.€ÏObviously,€if€the€Defendant€is€lawfully€confined€under€authority€of€a€federal€courtÏorder,€the€Tennessee€œcourt›€may€not€order€him€discharged€from€custody.€€If€hisÏsentence€is€œillegal€and€thus€void,›€he€remains€subject€to€his€original€pendingÐ Ð9p02 Ðcharges€in€Roane€County.€€If€his€sentence€has€expired,€he€may€well€remain€inÏlawful€custody€as€a€federal€œprisoner.€€In€any€event,€we€believe€the€Defendant€mayÏproceed€with€his€habeas€corpus€proceeding€to€determine€whether€his€TennesseeÏsentence€is€illegal€or€has€expired.›ÌÌà ` àThe€judgment€of€the€trial€court€dismissing€the€Defendantððs€habeas€corpusÏpetition€is€reversed.€€This€case€is€remanded€to€the€trial€court€for€furtherÏproceedings.ÌÌœñŒñÓÓñŒñ›ñ’ñÓÓñ’ñà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À à____________________________________Ìà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àDAVID€H.€WELLES,€JUDGEÌÌÌÌCONCUR:ÌÌÌÌ___________________________________ÌJAMES€CURWOOD€WITT,€JR.,€JUDGEÌÌÌ___________________________________ÌœL.ñ‘ñ›ñ‘ñT.›€LAFFERTY,€SENIOR€JUDGE