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($$   1  ((' dxd dP Pd'''''dxd !  ` psXXpsTR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T      7  dXXd7r )<,(j 8` `@Ef ` ttx$,` rߛINTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE `  ATKNOXVILLEJULYSESSION,1998  JONATHANELLIS, h   )  C.C.A.NO.03C019711CR00493 `  `     h   )  `  ` Appellant,   h   ) `   `     h   ) `     h   )  JOHNSONCOUNTY `  VS. `     h   )   `   `     h   )  HON.LYNNW.BROWN  `   HOWARDCARLTON,  h   )  JUDGE  `  WARDEN,STATEOF h   ) ` TENNESSEE   h   )  `  `     h   )    `  ` Appellee.   h   )  (HabeasCorpus)  `    ONAPPEALFROMTHEJUDGMENTOFTHE P CRIMINALCOURTOFJOHNSONCOUNTY  P   FORTHEAPPELLANT: h     FORTHEAPPELLEE: @" JONATHANELLIS,PROSE    JOHNKNOXWALKUP 0$ P.O.Box5000   h     AttorneyGeneralandReporter (% MountainCity,TN376835000 `     h     ELLENH.POLLACK `     h     AssistantAttorneyGeneral `     h     425FifthAvenueNorth `     h     Nashville,TN37243OPINIONFILED________________________AFFIRMEDDAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGE  1`()S   R OPINION R `     ` TheDefendant,JonathanEllis,appealsasofrightfromthedismissalofhispetitionforhabeascorpusrelief.TheDefendantisaninmateinthecustodyoftheDepartmentofCorrection.Accordingtohispetition,onMay10,1994,hepleadedguiltytoandwasconvictedofthirteencountsofaggravatedrapeandwassentencedtoconcurrenttermsoftwentyfiveyearsforeachconviction.OnJuly25,1997,theDefendantfiledapetitionforawritofhabeascorpusallegingthattheCriminalCourtofSullivanCounty,inwhichhepleadedguilty,didnothavejurisdictiontoconvicthimoftheseoffensesbecausethecrimeswereactuallycommittedinHawkinsCountyratherthanSullivanCounty.Thetrialcourtsummarilydismissedthepetition,concludingthattheallegationoflackofvenuedidnotprovidetheDefendantgroundsforhabeascorpusrelief.Weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt.̜ ` Habeascorpusreliefisavailableonlywhenaconvictingcourtiswithoutjurisdictionorauthoritytosentenceadefendantorwhenthatdefendantstermofimprisonmentorrestrainthasexpired.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,164 .+!" (Tenn.1993). ` TherecordreflectsthattheDefendantwaschargedineachcountofthepresentmentwithcommittingthecrimeinSullivanCounty,Tennessee.InthewrittenpleaofguiltysignedbytheDefendant,theDefendantstated thatheisguiltyofthecharge(s)becausethefactswhichheknowstoexistequaltheelementsofthecharge(s)asthoseelementshavebeenexplainedtohimbythecourt.Defendantthereforestatesthatthereisafactualbasisforhisplea. ` Habeascorpusreliefisavailableonlywhenaconvictingcourtiswithout jurisdictionorauthoritytosentenceadefendantorwhenthatdefendantsterm 6n-. ofimprisonmentorrestrainthasexpired.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,164 `  (Tenn.1993). ̜ ` Inthisappeal,theDefendantarguesthatthetrialjudgeerredbydismissinghispetitionforhabeascorpusreliefwithoutconductinganevidentiaryhearingϜonconcerning񛀜hisallegationthattheconvictingcourtwaswithoutjurisdictionduetoimpropervenue.HearguesthatifhecanprovethatthecrimestookplaceoutsideofSullivanCounty,thentheCriminalCourtofSullivanCountyhadnojurisdictionovertheseoffensesandthereforehisconvictionsarevoid. ` BecauseArticle1,Section9oftheTennesseeConstitutiongivesapersonaccusedofacrimetherighttohaveajurytrialinthecountyinwhichthecrimewascommitted,venueisconsideredajurisdictionalfactinacriminalprosecution.Harveyv.State,376S.W.2d497,498(Tenn.1964);Norrisv.State,155S.W. "0 165(Tenn.1913).Ithasthusbeenstatedthatthejurisdictionofthetrialcourtislimitedtothecrimeswhichoccurwithintheterritorialboundariesofthecountyinwhichitsits.Statev.Hill,847S.W.2d544,545(Tenn.Crim.App.1992);see `(  alsoTenn.R.Crim.P.18. P* "  ` Althoughvenueisajurisdictionalmatter,Tennesseecourtshaveconsistentlyheldthatvenuecanbewaivedincertaincircumstances.SeeState  0&( v.Nichols,877S.W.2d722,72729(Tenn.1994)(motionforchangeofvenue 2(* constituteswaiverofclaimthatcourtlackedjurisdiction);Statev.Turner,919 4*, МS.W.2d346,358(Tenn.Crim.App.1995)(rejectingthedefendantsclaimthatthetrialcourtwaswithoutjurisdictiontoaccepthisguiltypleaandholdingthathewaivedtheissuebyraisingtheissueforthefirsttimeonappeal);Statev.Smith, 9p02 906S.W.2d6,9(Tenn.Crim.App.1995)(waiverbyconsentingtotrialcourtsrulingthatprosecutionwouldbemoreappropriateinanothercounty);Statev. 2(* Gilbert,751S.W.2d454,462(Tenn.Crim.App.1988)(waiverbyfailingtostand 4*, onmotionforjudgmentofacquittalandbyfailingtomakereferencestotherecord).Obviously,ifvenuecouldnotbewaived,adefendantsrequestforachangeofvenuecouldneverbegranted. 9p02 Ї ` Inacriminaltrial,theburdenisontheStatetoprovevenuebyapreponderanceoftheevidence.Harveyv.State,376S.W.2d497,498(Tenn. P  1964).Slightevidenceisenoughtocarrytheprosecutionsburdenofpreponderanceifitisuncontradicted.Statev.Bloodsaw,746S.W.2d722,724 0 (Tenn.Crim.App.1987).Althoughaguiltypleawillordinarilyobviatethenecessityofanyactualevidencebeingpresented,thetrialjudgemustneverthelessbesatisfiedthatthereisafactualbasisfortheplea.Tenn.R.Crim.P.11(f).Uponapleaofguilty,afactualbasismaybeandusuallyisshownsimplybytheprosecutorsstatementoftheevidence.Statev.Lord,894S.W.2d  312,316(Tenn.Crim.App.1994). ` Whenadefendantpleadsguilty,hewaivestherequirementthattheStateberequiredtoproveeachelementoftheoffensebeyondareasonabledoubt.Inpleadingguilty, ad   theDefendantalsowaivestherequirementthattheStateprovevenuebyapreponderanceoftheevidence. ` TheDefendantinthecaseatbarwaschargedwithcommittingthirteencountsofaggravatedrapeinSullivanCounty,Tennessee.IntheCriminalCourtofSullivanCounty,Tennessee,hepleadedguiltytothesecharges.Onceacriminaldefendanthassolemnlyadmittedinopencourtthatheisinfactguiltyoftheoffensewithwhichheischarged,hemaynotthereafterraiseindependentclaimsrelatingtothedepr a  i vationofconstitutionalrights occurring    thatoccurred priortotheentryoftheguiltyplea.Statev.Hodges,815S.W.2d151,153(Tenn.1991).We 4*, believethatacriminaldefendantwaiveshisrighttochallengevenueuponpleadingguilty.Recorv.State,489S.W.2d64,69(Tenn.Crim.App.1972); 7.0 Weaverv.State,472S.W.2d898,902(Tenn.Crim.App.1971). 9p02  ` Eventhoughvenueisjurisdictionalinacriminalcase,itmaybewaived.Weconcludethataguiltypleawaivesvenue.Therefore,evenifoneormoreoftheDefendantscrimesactuallytookplaceoutsideofSullivanCounty,theSullivanCountyCriminalCourthadjurisdictiontoconvicttheDefendantuponhispleasofguilty.ThejudgmentofthetrialcourtdenyingtheDefendanthabeascorpusreliefisaccordinglyaffirmed. `     h   ____________________________________ `     h   DAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGECONCUR:___________________________________GARYR.WADE,PRESIDINGJUDGE___________________________________JOSEPHM.TIPTON,JUDGE