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P @ Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCircuitCourtAffirmed  (x #PEX#XX.PEJosephM._Tipton_,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJerryL.SmithandJames P _Curwood_Ԁ_Witt_,Jr.,JJ.,joined. < MarcA.Bland,_Henning_,Tennessee,ProSe.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;KimR.Helper,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;  ElizabethT.Rice,DistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee.  @66' OPINION #PEXX#XXPEԈ ` #PEXX #XXPE  In1997,thepetitionerpledguiltytoaggravatedrobbery,aClassBfelony,inonecaseand 8!  tovoluntarymanslaughter,aClassCfelony,inaseparatecase.TheShelbyCountyCriminalCourt $"t! sentencedhimtofifteenyearsasaRangeI,standardoffenderfortheaggravatedrobberyconviction #`" andtofifteenyearsasaRangeIII,persistentoffenderforthevoluntarymanslaughterconviction. #L# ItorderedhimtoservethesentencesconsecutivelyintheDepartmentofCorrection.InSeptember $8 $ 1997,theconvictingcourtenteredanordercorrectingthejudgmentsofconvictiontoreflect %$!% concurrentratherthanconsecutivesentences.Thepetitionercontendsthathissentencesareillegal, &"& andthereforevoid,becausetheycontravenethe1989SentencingReformAct.Withregardtothe '"' sentenceforaggravatedrobbery,hearguesthatthefifteenyearsentenceexceedsthemaximumof (#( twelveyearsinRangeIforaClassBfelony.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035112(a)(2).Asforthe )$) sentenceforvoluntarymanslaughter,heclaimsthathelackedsufficientpriorfelonyconvictionsto p*%* qualifyasaRangeIIIoffender.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035107(a).Thestatecontendsthatthe \+&+ sentencesarenotillegal. H,',  4-(- _  Apetitionforawritofhabeascorpusmaybebroughtifthejudgmentisvoidorthesentence  hasexpired.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,164(Tenn.1993).However,iftheclaimedillegality  rendersthejudgmentorsentencevoidable,ratherthanvoid,noreliefcanbegranted.Id.at161.A  sentencethatdirectlycontravenesastatuteisillegalandvoid.Stephensonv.Carlton,12S.W.3d t 910,911(Tenn.2000);Statev.Burkhart,566S.W.2d871,873(Tenn.1978).Asentencethatis ` illegal,andthereforevoid,renderstheentirejudgmentofconvictionvoid.Inorderforthehabeas L  corpuspetitionertoprevail,theillegalityofthesentencemustbeapparentfrom thefaceofthe 8  judgmentortherecordoftheproceedingsuponwhichthejudgmentisrendered.Stephenson,28 $ t S.W.3dat911.  `   ThepetitionercontendsthathisfifteenyearsentenceasaRangeIoffenderexceedsthe  8  maximumsentenceinthatrangeforaClassBfelony,whichistwelveyears.SeeTenn.CodeAnn. $  4035112(a)(2).Hearguesthatalthoughheagreedtothissentenceingoodfaith,thetrialcourt   lackedjurisdictiontoimposeanagreedsentencethatexceededthestatutorypenaltyforhisrange.   Thestatenotesthatahybridsentencemayhavethelengthofincarcerationinonerangeandthe   releaseeligibilitypercentageinanother.Itarguesthataslongasthetermofyearsdoesnotexceed   thetermallowedforthefelonyclass,adefendantmaylawfullyagreetoitsimposition. p   Oursupremecourthasheldthatoffenderclassificationandreleaseeligibilityarenon H jurisdictionalandlegitimatebargainingtoolsinpleanegotiationsundertheCriminalSentencing 4 ReformActof1989.McConnellv.State,12S.W.3d795,798(Tenn.2000);Hicksv.State,945  p S.W.2d706,709(Tenn.1997).InHicks,thepetitionerpledguiltytovoluntarymanslaughter,a  \ ClassCfelony,andagreedtoahybridsentenceinvolvingaRangeIIlengthofincarcerationoften H yearsandaRangeIreleaseeligibilitypercentageofthirtypercent.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035 4 112(a)(3),(b)(3).Hesubsequentlypetitionedforpostconvictionrelief,contendingthathisagreed,   tenyearsentencewasincontraventionofthe1989SentencingActwhencoupledwithhisthirty   percentreleaseeligibilitystatus.Thecourtconcludedthatsuchhybridsentenceswerepermissible  underthe1989Actandheldthat aknowingandvoluntaryguiltypleawaivesanyirregularityasto  offenderclassificationorreleaseeligibility.Id.    ThedefendantreliesuponMcConnellandStatev.Cutwright,No.02C019108CC00175, X  HendersonCounty(Tenn.Aug.31,1992)(order),toarguethatanagreedsentencecannotexceed D! themaximumsentenceintherangethatestablishesthereleaseeligibilitystatus.Inbothcases,the 0"  petitionerspledguiltyandagreedtosentencesunderthe1982SentencingAct,althoughthe1989Act #l! hadalreadytakeneffect.InCutwright,thepetitionerwassentencedtofiftyyearsasaRangeII $X" offenderwithafortypercentreleaseeligibilitystatusunderthe1982Act.Thesupremecourt $D # observedthatthe1989ActappliedandthatthemaximumsentenceforaRangeIIoffenderunder %0!$ the1989Actwasfortyyears,asopposedtofiftyyearsunderthe1982Act.Id.at1.Thus,thecourt &"% heldthattheagreedsentencewasvoidandremandedthecasetothetrialcourtforcorrectionofthe '#& sentenceorwithdrawaloftheguiltyplea.Id.at2.InHicks,thesupremecourtexplainedthatitdid (#' notdisapproveofthemixingofoffenderclassificationsandreleaseeligibilitypercentagesin )$(  Cutwright.945S.W.2dat709n.9.Instead,itdeemedthejudgmentfaciallyvoidbecausethe |*%) defendantwassentencedunderthe1982Actandthefortypercentreleaseeligibilitystatusdidnot  existunderthe1989Act.Id.     InMcConnell,thepetitionerpledguiltytoseconddegreemurder,aClassAfelony,andsix t countsofrobberywithadeadlyweapon,aClassBfelony.Heagreedtoasentenceofthirtyfive ` yearsasaRangeIoffenderunderthe1982SentencingActforthemurder,toconcurrenttenyear L  sentencesforfiveoftherobberycounts,andtoathirtyfiveyearsentenceforthesixthrobberycount 8  torunconsecutivelytothemurdersentence.Thecourtheldthatthetrialcourtsjurisdictionto $ t sentencethepetitionerwaslimitedbythe1989SentencingAct,whichsetstheperimeterwithin  ` whichthestateandtheaccusedcannegotiate.McConnell,12S.W.3dat79899.Itstatedthatthe  L  thirtyfiveyearsentencesimposedpursuanttothe1982Actexceededthemaximumtwentyfiveyear  8  andtwelveyearsentencesforaRangeIoffenderunderthe1989Act.Id.at800. $    ThepetitionerreliesuponMcConnelltoarguethatthetrialcourtdidnothavejurisdiction   toimposeasentencethatexceededthemaximumstatutorypenaltyforhisrangealthoughheagreed   tothesentence.Yet,wenotethattheMcConnellcourtcitedHickswithapprovalandaffirmedthat   itsdecisiondidnotalter theabilityoftheStateanddefendantstouseoffenderclassificationand p releaseeligibilityassubjectsofpleabargainnegotiations.Id.at798.InlightofMcConnells \ affirmationofHicks,thiscourthasconcludedthatthepleaagreementinMcConnellwasnullified H becauseitwasexpressedintermsofthe1982Act,notbecausethenumberofyearswasoutsidethe 4 range.MarkE.Oliverv.State,M199902323CCAR3PC,HickmanCounty,slipop.at34(Tenn.  p Crim.App.Dec.28,2000),app.denied(Tenn.July9,2001);seealsoWilliamBoydv.State,E1999  \ 021798CCAR3PC,KnoxCounty,slipop.at45(Tenn.Crim.App.Nov.6,2000).Inthepresent H case,thepetitionernegotiatedhispleaagreementusingthetermsofthe1989Act,andtherefore,the 4 mixingofthelengthofincarcerationandthereleaseeligibilitystatusispermissibleunderHicks.   Thus,thepetitionersjudgmentreflectsaguiltypleaandahybridsentence,whichdonotcontravene   the1989SentencingAct.    ThepetitioneralsocontendsthathisfifteenyearsentenceasaRangeIIIoffenderfor  voluntarymanslaughterisillegalbecausehedidnothavesufficientconvictionstoqualifyasaRange l IIIoffender.Initially,wenotethatthesentencingrangeforaRangeIIIoffenderconvictedofaClass X  Cfelonyistentofifteenyears.TennCodeAnn.4035112(c)(3).Thus,thejudgmentonitsface D! doesnotcontravenethestatute.Asnotedabove,offenderclassificationisnonjurisdictionalanda 0"  properbasisforpleanegotiations.McConnell,12S.W.3dat798.Thepetitionerisnotentitledto #l! reliefonthisissue. $X"   Basedupontheforegoingandtherecordasawhole,weaffirmthetrialcourtsdismissalof %0!$ thepetitionforhabeascorpusrelief. &"%    `     h     ___________________________________ |*%)    `     h     JOSEPHM.TIPTON,JUDGE