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JamesW.Dash,MountainCity,Tennessee,prose. t PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneral&Reporter,andKathyD.Aslinger,AssistantAttorneyGeneral, L  fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. 8!  @@OO& OPINION #K=XX!N#X!XK= #`" #K=XX!a #  X!XK=  InMarchof1984,thepetitioner,JamesW.Dash,waschargedwithgrandlarcenyin $8 $ HamiltonCounty.Theevidenceattrialestablishedthatthepetitioner,aprisoninmate,escapedfrom %$!% theBledsoeCountyRegionalCorrectionCenterinlateFebruaryof1983and,severaldayslater,stole &"& acarfromaparkinglotinHamiltonCounty.ThepetitionerwasarrestedinNewOrleans,wherethe '"' vehiclewasrecovered.Thepetitionerwasconvictedand,duetopriorconvictions,declareda (#( habitualcriminal.#K=XX! #X!XK=SeeTenn.CodeAnn.391801through391807(repealed1989).His )$) sentencewasenhancedtoalifeterm.#K=XX!t #X!XK=ԀTheconvictionswereaffirmedondirectappeal.SeeState p*%* v.JamesW.DashandJohnW.Gilam,No.951(Tenn.Crim.App.,atKnoxville,July23,1986). \+&+   H,',   OnAugust8,2001,over16yearsafterthejudgmentofconviction,thepetitionerfileda   petitionforwritofhabeascorpusintheJohnsonCountyCircuitCourt,allegingthat(1)hehadnever  receivedatrial;(2)hehadneverbeensentencedtolifeimprisonment;(3)theconvictingcourthad  nopersonalorsubjectmatterjurisdiction;(4)JudgeRussellC.Hinson,whosenameappearsonthe t judgmentform,hadnotpresidedattrialororderedalifesentence;and(5)thejudgmentformwas ` notsignedbytheconvictingjudge.Thestatefiledamotiontodismiss,assertingthatthejudgment L  wasnotvoidonitsfaceandthatthesentencehadnotexpired.Thetrialcourtdeniedthepetition, 8  citing lackofjurisdiction.Inthisappealofright,thepetitionerclaimsthatthetrialcourtclerk $ t erroneouslyfiledthepetitioninthecriminalcourtratherthanthecircuitcourt,thatthejudgmentof  ` convictionisvoid,andthatthetrialcourterredintheassessmentofcosts.  L  @*I $    Initially,thepetitionerassertsthatthetrialcourtclerkerroneouslyfiledthepetitioninthe   JohnsonCountyCriminalCourt,ratherthantheJohnsonCountyCircuitCourt.Thestateresponds   thatthepetitionwascorrectlyfiled.     TherecordreflectsthatthepetitionbearsaJohnsonCountyCircuitCourtcaptionandthat p thetransmittalletterincludedinstructionsthatitbefiledinthatcourt.Thepetitionwasassigned \ casenumber3837andfiledbythecircuitcourtclerk.Allofthefilingsrelativetothestatesmotion H todismissandthepetitionersnoticeofappealarestyledforfilinginthecircuitcourtandbearthe 4 stampofthecircuitcourtclerk.Therecordonappealwascertifiedbythecircuitcourtclerk.The  p orderdenyingthepetition,however,isstyledforfilinginthecriminalcourtandissignedbyLynn  \ W.Brown,acriminalcourtjudge.Theorderdoesbearcasenumber3837,thesameasthat H originallyassignedtothecase,andwasstampedfiledbythecircuitcourtclerk. 4   Therecordcontainsnoexplanationforthevarianceinthecaption,whichmayhavebeen   merelyatypographicalerrororclericalmistake.Thediscrepancydoesnot,however,meanthatthe  petitionerwouldprevailinthisappeal.Itisthedutyoftheappellanttosupplyanadequaterecord  foradeterminationonthemerits.SeeTenn.R.App.P.24;Statev.Coolidge,915S.W.2d820,826  (Tenn.Crim.App.1995),overruledonothergroundsbyStatev.Troutman,979S.W.2d271 l (Tenn.1998).Becausetherecordonthisissueiswhollyinadequateforanalysis,thiscourtis X  authorizedtodenyreliefonpurelyproceduralgrounds. D!   Notwithstandingourconcernabouttheadequacyoftherecord,itisapparentthatacriminal #l! courtjudgesignedanorderdismissingacasefiledandpendinginthecircuitcourt.Thereisno $X" explanation.Ourhabeascorpusstatute,however,specificallyallowsforanadjudicationbyajudge $D # fromeithercourt:A writ[ofhabeascorpus]maybegrantedbyanyjudgeofthecircuitorcriminal %0!$ courts,orbyanychancellorincasesofequitablecognizance.Tenn.CodeAnn.2921103 &"% (emphasisadded).Moreover,acriminalcourtjudgehasauthoritytoprovideovercircuitcourt '#& mattersbyinterchange.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.162502,171203,172201through172209; (#' Stuartv.State,60Tenn.178(1873).JudgeBrownisadulyelectedjudgeintheFirstJudicial )$(  District.Finally,inhistransmittallettertothecourtclerk,thepetitioneractuallyinstructedthatthe |*%) petitioncouldalternativelybefiledinthecriminalcourt.Underthesecircumstances,thecaption  discrepancywouldnotserveasabasisforrelief.   @)II t   Next,thepetitionermaintainsthatthetrialcourterredbydenyingthewritofhabeascorpus. ` Counselwasnotappointedpriortotheentryoftheorderofdismissal.Althoughthetranscriptof L  anyhearingonthestatesmotiontodismissisnotincludedintherecord,#K=XX!D#X!XK=thestatecontendsthatthe 8  denialwasappropriatebecausethepetitionerfailedtoallegegroundsthatwouldestablishthathis $ t sentencehasexpiredorthatthejudgmentisvoidonitsface.  `   [An]application[forwritofhabeascorpus]shouldbemadetothecourtorjudgemost  8  convenientinpointofdistancetotheapplicant,unlessasufficientreasonbegiveninthepetitionfor $  notapplyingtosuchcourtorjudge.Tenn.CodeAnn.2921105;seealsoTenn.CodeAnn.29   21103.Here,thepetitionwasfiledinJohnsonCounty,thecountyinwhichthepetitioneris   incarcerated.Thetrialcourt,therefore,hadjurisdictiontodeterminethemeritsofthepetition.The   petitioner,however,hasfailedtodemonstratewhythejudgmentofconvictionlacksfacialvalidity.     A"personimprisonedorrestrainedof[his]liberty,underanypretensewhatsoever,...may \ prosecuteawritofhabeascorpus,toinquireintothecauseofsuchimprisonment...."Tenn.Code H Ann.29-21-101.Awritofhabeascorpus,however,isavailableonlywhenitappearsontheface 4 ofthejudgmentortherecordthattheconvictingcourtwaswithoutjurisdictiontoconvictor  p sentencethepetitionerorthatthesentenceofimprisonmenthasotherwiseexpired.Archerv.State,  \ 851S.W.2d157,164(Tenn.1993);Pottsv.State,833S.W.2d60,62(Tenn.1992).Theprocedural H requirementsforhabeascorpusreliefaremandatoryandmustbescrupulouslyfollowed.Archer, 4 851S.W.2dat165.Atrialcourtmaysummarilydismissapetitionforwritofhabeascorpuswithout   theappointmentofalawyerandwithoutanevidentiaryhearingifthereisnothingonthefaceofthe   judgmenttoindicatethattheconvictionsaddressedthereinarevoid.Passarellav.State,891S.W.2d  619(Tenn.Crim.App.1994).    Inourview,thepetitionerhasfailedtoassertanyclaimthatwouldentitlehimtohabeas l corpusrelief.First,thepetitionerallegesthathewasnotactuallyaffordedatrialorsentencedtolife X  imprisonment.Neitherdeficiencyisapparentonthefaceofthejudgment.Therecordonappealin D! Statev.JamesW.DashandJohnW.Gilam,No.951,establishesthatthepetitionerwas,infact,tried 0"  andproperlysentencedwithinthestatutoryterms.Thepetitioneralsoassertsthattheconvicting #l! courthadnopersonalorsubjectmatterjurisdiction,yettherecorddemonstratesthathewas $X" convictedintheHamiltonCountyCriminalCourt. [C]ircuitandcriminalcourtshaveoriginal $D # jurisdictionofallcriminalmattersnotexclusivelyconferredbylawonsomeothertribunal.Tenn. %0!$ CodeAnn.401108.TherecordestablishesthattheoffenseswerecommittedinHamilton &"% County.SeeTenn.Const.Art.I,9(establishinglocaljurisdiction,orvenue,asthecountywhere '#& thecrimewascommitted).Thisargument,therefore,alsolacksmerit. (#'   Finally,thepetitionerclaimsthathewasnottriedandsentencedbyJudgeRussellC.Hinson, |*%) whosenameappearsonthejudgmentform,andthatthejudgmentformdoesnotbearthesignature h+&* ofthejudgeoftheconvictingcourt.Thiscourtmaytakejudicialnoticeofitsrecordsonfile.  SeeTenn.R.App.P.13(c);Givensv.State,702S.W.2d578,579(Tenn.Crim.App.1985).The  recordonthepetitionersdirectappealindicatesthatthepetitionerwasbothtriedandsentencedby  JosephF.DiRisio,acriminalcourtjudge.ThatJudgeHinsonsnamewaserroneouslylistedonthe t judgmentformdoesnotrenderitvoid.SeeTenn.R.Crim.P.36( Clericalmistakesinjudgments ` ...maybecorrectedbythecourtatanytime....);HughPeterBondurantandKennethPatterson L  Bondurantv.RickyJ.Bell,Warden,No.M200100143CCAR3CO(Tenn.Crim.App.,at 8  Nashville,Feb.7,2002).Additionally,asthestatecorrectlypointsout,thiscourthaspreviously $ t heldthatthelackofasignaturedoesnotrenderajudgmentvoid.SeeRobinsonv.State,No.E1999  ` 00945CCAR3PC(Tenn.Crim.App.,atKnoxville,Aug.30,2000);Mayesv.State,No.E1999  L  01374CCAR3CD(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,Feb.24,2000).  8  @)III     Finally,thepetitionercontendsthatthetrialcourterredbyassessingthecostsofthelitigation   againsthim.TennesseeCodeAnnotated2921125providesthatthecostsassociatedwitha   habeascorpusproceeding shallbeadjudgedasthecourtorjudgemaythinkright.Becausethe   trialcourtsummarilydeniedthepetition,therecordcontainsnorationaleforthetaxationofcosts p tothepetitioner.Itdoes,however,revealthatthepetitionerisapauper.Onthesamedatethathe \ filedthepetition,thepetitioneralsofiledamotionforappointmentofcounselassertinghis H indigency,amotiontoproceedinformapauperis,andanaffidavitofindigency.Thesedocuments 4 indicatethatthepetitioner,whoisincarceratedintheNortheastCorrectionalComplex,ispaid$40  p permonthbytheDepartmentofCorrectionforinmatelaborandhaslessthan$1inhisinmate  \ account.Hehasnosavingsorcheckingaccountsandnoassets.Inconsequence,thetrialcourts H ordertaxingcoststothepetitionermustbereversed.Thecostsaccruedinthetrialcourtshouldbe 4 taxedtotheState.SeeMichaelW.Smithv.JamesDukes,Warden,No.W200101535CCAR3PC   (Tenn.Crim.App.,atJackson,Feb.1,2002)(reversingtrialcourtsordertaxinghabeascorpus   petitionerwithcostswherepetitionersstatusaspauperwasapparent).    Accordingly,thetrialcourtsordertaxingcoststothepetitionerisreversed.Inallother  respects,thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed. l    `     h     ___________________________________ #l!    `     h     GARYR.WADE,PRESIDINGJUDGE#K=XX!##