WPC /U: % 0w@4! 0J! 0Tk 0^ 0h 0r 0| 0s 0 1u 0dU*b B) DC AM 0@E D3 B  v~ v$ AQH 0D 0DR D/ B,cAZ"Arial RegularX(`$TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7GXXdXXd7  YUZD[D\D]U^_D`Ӏlo*#3|xo2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23    ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(Arial% Line 7 d7Border 1dd* C << G("$    """"'dxd d  !  #d#    ! \RA'\#d#   +"     YYY FILEDX September10,1997CecilCrowson,Jr.AppellateCourtClerk PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva *+ ,-C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(3$ !  ($$   1  ..' dxdP Pd ! .      \RA'\#Xd##Xd#   @ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@ ATJACKSON*R#A1-j|H` O `@R@ AUGUSTSESSION,1997GARYL.COOPER,  )     ) No.02C019610CC00334 Appellant   )     ) LAKECOUNTYvs.     )     ) Hon.JOEG.RILEY,JR.,JudgeBILLYCOMPTON,WARDEN, )     ) (WritofHabeasCorpus) Appellee   ) FortheAppellant:    FortheAppellee: GARYL.COOPER ,ProSe  CHARLESW.BURSON L.C.R.C.F.,Rt1,Box330   AttorneyGeneralandReporterTiptonville,TN38079       CLINTONJ.MORGAN       AssistantAttorneyGeneral       CriminalJusticeDivision      450JamesRobertsonParkway      Nashville,TN372430493                C.PHILLIPBIVENS       DistrictAttorneyGeneral      P.O.BoxE      Dyersburg,TN38024OPINIONFILED:򀀀AFFIRMEDPURSUANTTORULE20 DavidG.Hayes Judge0 @  OPINION  Theappellant,GaryCooper,appealsthetrialcourt'sdismissalofhisprosepetitionforwritofhabeascorpus.OnApril25,1994,theappellantpledguiltytoonecountofrapeintheKnoxCountyCriminalCourtandwassentencedtoeightyearsincarcerationintheTennesseeDepartmentofCorrection.TheappellantfiledtheinstantpetitiononAugust19,1996,allegingthatthejudgmententeredagainsthimisvoidbecausetheindictmentfailedtoallegethemensreaoftheoffensecharged.Thetrialcourtproperlydismissedthepetitiononthebasisthat"allegationsconcerningthesufficiencyoftheindictmentarenotthepropersubjectofhabeascorpusrelief."SeeHaggardv.State,475S.W.2d186,187(Tenn.Crim.App.1971);Brownv.State,445S.W.2d669,674(Tenn.Crim.App.1969);Barberv.State,No.01C019408CR00281(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,Feb.23,1995).Accordingly,weaffirmthetrialcourt'sdismissalofthepetition. Moreover,uponfurtherreview,wefindthesubstanceoftheappellant'sclaimwithoutmerit.Inorderforanindictmenttosatisfybothconstitutionalandstatutoryguidelines,itmustcontainthematerialelementsoftheoffenseandmustsufficientlyapprisetheaccusedoftheoffenseheiscalledupontodefend.Statev.Tate,912S.W.2d785,789(Tenn.Crim.App.1995);seealsoTenn.CodeAnn.4013202(1990);Statev.Perkinson,867S.W.2d1,5(Tenn.Crim.App.1992).Asapplicabletothepresentcase,rapeisdefinedasthe"unlawfulsexualpenetrationofavictimbythedefendant"and"forceorcoercionisusedtoaccomplishtheact."Tenn.CodeAnn.3913501(a)(1)(1991).Norequisitementalstateisincludedinthedefinitionoftheoffense.Whenthelegislaturefailstodefineaspecificmentalstateinthedefinitionofanoffense,proofofeitherintent,knowledge,orrecklessnesssufficestoestablishtheculpablementalstate.Tenn.CodeAnn.3911301(c)(1991).Accordingly,theaccused'smentalstateisnotamaterialelementoftheoffenseandneednotbeincludedintheindictment.Statev.Dison,No.03C019602CC00051(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,Jan.31,1997).Otherpanelsofthiscourthaveupheldthevalidityofindictmentsundersimilarchallenges.Seee.g.,Slaglev.State,No.03C019704CR00145(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,June25,1997);Statev.Vann,No.03C019602CC00066(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,June10,1997);Statev.James,No.01C019601CR00016(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,Mar.27,1997);Statev.Burrell,No.03C019404CR00157(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,Feb.11,1997). Theindictmentinthepresentcase,reads,inpertinentpart:8 ...ThatGaryCooper...unlawfullyandfeloniouslydidsexuallypenetrate[thevictim]...byforceandcoercion....(emphasisinoriginal).Contrarytotheappellant'sassertions,theallegationsintheindictmentsufficientlyapprisetheaccusedoftheoffenseofrape.Consequently,wefindtheindictmentvalid. Thetrialcourt'sdismissaloftheappellant'spetitionforwritofhabeascorpusisaffirmedpursuanttoRule20,RulesoftheCourtofCriminalAppeals.     ____________________________________     DAVIDG.HAYES,JudgeCONCUR:___________________________________JERRYL.SMITH,Judge___________________________________THOMAST.WOODALL,Judge