ÿWPC@ MU!úëgDÜ£ÎbT·#|Xõ@€ËV0%¬/ØWë—Ý£IƒÞ¶ç?#“î0ÒuðW-d 6UŒ¤AøæÃ‡]3ú!Ü€÷sÓÄö$Fqá'(‚óu*pÕ qÑ·yÓ4-7›Ò4f„w?‰Tá¤2_×nöUÞéC…âÔÍ­çõ™Ü’F*´ å­¯ìÐbl“¾I/fÒDàÚ›]¦*þOIå{…8“ûz—EÊM,yÉŠxh;ܦԣ *yQhŸüà‹-|Œþ”KRÙg—»¾a–ãüs ò”aûµa žrÔ3ÑÁQ/O"óµÇU d~ì^öt”9êZ§¶èt_’t6´= v¨9<ú͹cžª7 îåZ× ‚ÖçÑs e5aK2ÂOAb %\¥b 0ˆ UN —Ý ^ tw€ z„Òþ4Ðäó mõÆ ÆÒƘÆ^#É$NíííEïïïïïïïïïïïïïïïïïïï 0Dñññññb555555555555555555555555555555555555 0ë==== B(( 0¤E D3é D- 0KII AS”Æç 0¤­ 0DQ A«•» ›Ý ƒR?Ï$ÝÓ  Óà  àòòÚ  Ú1Ú  ÚóóÔ€ô»ò»»ÔÝ  ÝÔ_ÔThe€record€before€this€Court€does€not€contain€a€copy€of€the€original€judgment€for€the€Defendantððs€aggravatedÐ ° Ðkidnapping€conviction.€€It€does,€however,€contain€a€copy€of€the€corrected€judgment.€€The€ð ðRelease€Eligibilityðð€sectionÐ tÄ Ðof€the€corrected€judgment€indicates€both€the€ð ðStandard€30%ðð€and€ð ðViolent€100%ðð€designations.€€The€record€also€containsÐ 8ˆý Ða€copy€of€a€letter€from€an€official€with€the€Department€of€Correction€to€the€trial€judge€stating€that€the€sentence€imposedÐ ° Ðon€Sept.€27,€2000,€is€illegal€because€it€indicates€a€release€eligibility€date€of€June€2003€for€an€offense€requiring€oneÐ tÄ Ðhundred€percent€service.€€In€light€of€these€documents€and€the€fact€that€the€Defendant€is€proceeding€òòproóó€òòseóó,€we€accept€asÐ 8ˆ Ðaccurate€the€Defendantððs€contention€that€the€original€judgment€entered€on€his€aggravated€kidnapping€conviction€set€forthÐ üL Ða€release€eligibility€of€thirty€percent.€(`£ª$¡¡Ñ€.ÑÑ8€½­»»d»»d8ÑÑ ý ÑÓ  Ó(í€"  Z6Times New Roman Regular Ý ƒR?Ï$ÝÓ  Óà  àòòÚ  Ú2Ú  ÚóóÔ€ô»ò»»ÔÝ  ÝÔ_ÔEven€were€the€Defendant€to€recast€his€pleading€as€one€for€a€writ€of€habeas€corpus,€his€efforts€would€be€forÐ ° Ðnaught.€€A€writ€of€habeas€corpus€may€be€granted€where€it€is€apparent€from€the€face€of€the€judgment€or€the€record€of€theÐ tÄ Ðproceedings€upon€which€the€judgment€is€rendered€that€a€sentence€is€illegal.€òòóó€òòStephenson€v.€Carltonóó,€28€S.W.3d€910€(Tenn.Ð 8ˆ Ð2000).€€As€explained€above,€the€corrected€judgment€in€this€case€„„€the€judgment€under€which€the€Defendant€is€beingÐ üL Ðconfined€„„€does€òònotóó€reflect€an€illegal€sentence.€€Accordingly,€the€Defendant€is€not€entitled€to€habeas€corpus€relief.€€òòSeeóóÐ À ÐòòMichael€D.€Ô_ÔOððGuinÔ_Ô€Ô_Ôv.€Myersóó,Ô_Ô€No.€M2003„02846„CCA„R3„Ô_ÔHCÔ_Ô,€2004€WL€2290487€(Tenn.€Ô_ÔCrimÔ_Ô.€App.,€Nashville,€Oct.Ð „Ô Ð12,€2004)€(petitioner€being€held€pursuant€to€a€judgment€that€corrected€the€initial€judgmentððs€illegal€sentence€was€notÐ H ˜ Ðentitled€to€habeas€corpus€relief€because€the€amended€judgment€ordered€the€correct€sentence€and€the€correct€convictionÐ  \ Ðand€was€therefore€not€void€as€illegal).€©©1Þ  ˜C:\PROGRA~1\COREL\WORDPE~1\TEMPLATE\CUSTOM~1\REVISE~1.WPTC:\Program Files\Corel\WordPerfect Office 2000\Template\Custom WP Templates\revised standard opinion.wptóbï.ê:i¢Ø+003|xÿU‹ÿÀÀÀLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5‚Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5„Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5…Level 1Level 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ÓThe€Defendant,€Dennis€Eugene€Evans,€pled€guilty€to€robbery€and€aggravated€Ô_ÔkidnappingÔ_Ô.€€TheÐ vÆ  ÐDefendant€was€sentenced€as€a€Range€I€standard€offender€to€concurrent€terms€of€three€and€eight€years,Ð b² Ðrespectively.€€The€original€judgments€indicated€that€the€Defendant€would€be€eligible€for€parole€afterÐ Nž Ðhaving€served€thirty€percent€of€his€sentence.€€The€trial€court€subsequently€corrected€the€judgment€forÐ :Š Ðthe€Defendantððs€aggravated€Ô_ÔkidnappingÔ_Ô€conviction€to€reflect€that€the€sentence€was€to€be€served€at€oneÐ &v Ðhundred€percent.€€The€Defendant€subsequently€filed€a€petition€for€post„conviction€relief€to€set€asideÐ b Ðthe€corrected€judgment.€€The€trial€court€summarily€denied€relief,€and€this€appeal€followed.€€WeÐ þN Ðaffirm€the€judgment€of€the€trial€court.€Ð ê: ÐÓ¡ÓÌò òTenn.€R.€App.€P.€3€Appeal€as€of€Right;€Judgment€of€the€Criminal€Court€Affirmedó óÐ Â ÐÌòòÓ  ÓÔ#†¼ ©»àX[u#ÔÔ‡X[uX.¼ ©ÔDavid€H.€Welles,€J.óó,€delivered€the€opinion€of€the€court,€in€which€òòJoseph€M.€Ô_ÔTiptonÔ_Ôóó€and€òòJohnÐ šê ÐEverett€Williams,€JJ.óó,€joined.Ð †Ö ÐÌDennis€Eugene€Evans,€Ô_ÔWhitevilleÔ_Ô,€Tennessee,€Pro€Se.Ð ^® ÐÌPaul€G.€Summers,€Attorney€General€and€Reporter;€Brent€C.€Cherry,€Assistant€Attorney€General;€andÐ 6!†  ÐRandall€E.€Ô_ÔNicholsÔ_Ô,€District€Attorney€General,€for€the€appellee,€State€of€Tennessee.Ð ""r! ÐÓðÓÌà@@OO&ìàò òOPINIONó óÔ#†¼ ©»XX[u #ÔòòóóÔ‡X[uX»¼ ©ÔÐ ú#J# ÐÌÓ  ÓÔ#†¼ ©»XX[uÑ #ÔÔ€X[uX»¼ ©Ôòòóóà  àThe€Defendant€pled€guilty€on€September€27,€2000,€to€one€count€of€robbery€and€one€count€ofÐ Ò%"!% Ðaggravated€Ô_ÔkidnappingÔ_Ô.€€The€Defendant€was€sentenced€as€a€Range€I€standard€offender€to€concurrentÐ ¾&"& Ðterms€of€three€years€and€eight€years,€respectively.€€The€judgment€forms€reflecting€the€DefendantððsÐ ª'ú"' Ðconvictions€indicated€his€release€eligibility€to€be€thirty€percent,׃×Ý ƒ)#ÃÝòòÚ  Ú1Ú  ÚóóÝ  Ý×  ×€which€the€Defendant€claims€to€beÐ –(æ#(ý ÐÔ_Ôin€accord€with€his€plea€agreement.€€Thirty€percent€release€eligibility€is€the€correct€designation€for€aÐ ° Ðð ðstandardðð€offender€sentenced€to€a€Range€I€sentence.€€òòSeeóó€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„35„501(c).Ð œì ÐÌà  àOn€January€3,€2001,€an€official€with€the€Department€of€Correction€wrote€the€trial€judge€aÐ tÄ Ðletter,€advising€her€that€the€sentence€imposed€on€the€Defendant€for€the€aggravated€kidnappingÐ `° Ðconviction€was€illegal€because€sentences€for€that€offense€must€be€served€at€one€hundred€percent.€€òòSeeóóÐ L œ ÐTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„35„501(i)(1),€(i)(2)(D).€€Accordingly,€on€January€10,€2001,€a€correctedÐ 8 ˆ Ðjudgment€was€filed€as€to€the€Defendantððs€aggravated€kidnapping€conviction,€reflecting€that€theÐ $ t Ðsentence€was€to€be€served€at€one€hundred€percent.Ð  ` ÐÌà  àOn€March€31,€2004,€the€Defendant€filed€a€pleading€styled€ð ðPetition€to€Correct€an€IllegalÐ è 8  ÐSentence€and/or€Petition€for€Post€Conviction€Relief.ðð€€The€post„conviction€court€summarilyÐ Ô$  Ðdismissed€this€pleading€on€April€8,€2004,€on€the€basis€that€it€was€barred€by€the€one„year€statute€ofÐ À  Ðlimitations€applicable€to€petitions€for€post„conviction€relief.€€òòSeeóó€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„30„102(a).€Ð ¬ü  ÐOn€April€12,€2004,€the€Defendant€filed€another€pleading,€styled€ð ðAmended€Petition€to€Correct€anÐ ˜è  ÐIllegal€Sentence€and€or€Amended€Petition€for€Post€Conviction€Relief.ðð€€The€post„conviction€courtÐ „Ô  Ðsummarily€dismissed€this€second€pleading€as€time„barred€on€April€19,€2004.€€This€appeal€followed.Ð pÀ ÐÌà  àIn€his€òòproóó€òòseóó€pleadings,€the€Defendant€asserts€that€the€trial€court€lacked€jurisdiction€to€enterÐ H˜ Ðthe€corrected€judgment.€€Accordingly,€he€argues€that€the€corrected€judgment€should€be€set€aside€andÐ 4„ Ðthe€original€judgment€reinstated.€€The€Defendant€also€claims€in€this€appeal€that€the€post„conviction€Ð  p Ðcourt€erred€in€summarily€dismissing€his€petitions.€€We€disagree€on€both€counts.€€Ð  \ ÐÌà  àThe€sentence€initially€imposed€on€the€Defendant€for€the€aggravated€kidnapping€convictionÐ ä4 Ðwas€illegal€because€it€directly€contravened€a€statute€in€existence€at€the€time€it€was€imposed.€€òòSeeóóÐ Ð  ÐòòTaylor€v.€Stateóó,€995€S.W.2d€78,€85€(Tenn.€1999).€€According€to€the€corrected€judgment€form,€theÐ ¼  ÐDefendant€committed€an€aggravated€kidnapping€on€April€28,€1999.€€€Our€legislature€determined€thatÐ ¨ø Ðpersons€committing€the€offense€of€aggravated€kidnapping€on€or€after€July€1,€1995,€ð ðshall€serve€oneÐ ”ä Ðhundred€percent€(100%)€of€the€sentence€imposed€by€the€court€.€.€.€.ðð€€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„35„Ð €Ð Ð501(i)(1),€(i)(2)(D).€€Thus,€the€trial€courtððs€original€judgment€that€the€Defendant€be€eligible€forÐ l¼ Ðrelease€after€serving€thirty€percent€of€his€aggravated€kidnapping€sentence€was€contrary€to€ourÐ X ¨ Ðsentencing€statutes€and€therefore€illegal.Ð D!” ÐÌà  àThe€Defendant€contends€that€the€trial€court€lost€jurisdiction€to€correct€the€illegal€sentenceÐ #l! Ðthirty€days€after€judgment€was€entered.€€The€Defendant€is€correct€that,€normally,€the€judgment€of€aÐ $X" Ðtrial€court€becomes€final€thirty€days€after€entry,€absent€a€timely€notice€of€appeal€or€an€appropriateÐ ô$D # Ðpost„trial€motion.€€Tenn.€R.€App.€P.€4(a),€(c);€òòSeeóó€òòState€v.€Greenóó,€106€S.W.3d€646,€648€(Tenn.€2003).€Ð à%0!$ ÐOnce€the€judgment€is€final,€the€trial€court€loses€jurisdiction€to€alter€or€amend.€€òòSeeóó€òòGreenóó,€106Ð ° ÐS.W.3d€at€648„49.€€However,€our€supreme€court€has€held€that,€ð ða€trial€judge€may€correct€an€illegal,Ð œì Ðas€opposed€to€a€merely€erroneous,€sentence€at€any€time,€even€if€it€has€become€final.ðð€€òòState€v.Ð ˆØ ÐBurkhartóó,€566€S.W.2d€871,€873€(Tenn.€1978).€€Accordingly,€the€trial€court€in€this€matter€ð ðhad€bothÐ tÄ Ðthe€power,€and€the€duty,€to€correct€the€judgment€of€[September€27,€2000,]€as€soon€as€its€illegality€wasÐ `° Ðbrought€to€[its]€attention.ðð€€òòId.òòóóóó€€The€Defendantððs€claim€that€the€trial€court€lacked€the€authority€toÐ L œ Ðcorrect€his€judgment€is€without€merit.€€€òòóó€€à À àà  àà p àà È àÐ 8 ˆ ÐÌà  àThe€Defendant€also€alleges€that,€as€corrected,€the€judgment€entered€against€him€contravenesÐ  ` Ðhis€plea€agreement.€€Our€Rules€of€Criminal€Procedure€provide€that€a€motion€to€withdraw€a€guilty€pleaÐ ü L  Ðmust€be€made€prior€to€sentence€being€imposed€or,€ð ðto€correct€manifest€injustice,ðð€after€the€impositionÐ è 8  Ðof€sentence€but€before€the€judgment€becomes€final.€€òòSeeóó€Tenn.€R.€Crim.€P.€32(f).€€Clearly,€theÐ Ô$  ÐDefendant€is€time„barred€from€such€a€motion€in€this€case.Ð À  ÐÌà  àIn€essence,€the€Defendantððs€claim€is€that€he€would€not€have€entered€his€plea€had€he€knownÐ ˜è  Ðthat€he€would€have€to€serve€one€hundred€percent€of€his€aggravated€kidnaping€sentence.€€That€is,€hisÐ „Ô  Ðplea€„„€as€reflected€by€the€corrected€judgment€„„€was€not€voluntary.€€A€post„conviction€petition€is€theÐ pÀ Ðproper€avenue€for€attacking€an€involuntary€guilty€plea.€€òòSee,€e.g.óó,€òòReiko€Nolen€v.€Stateóó,€No.€W2001„Ð \¬ Ð03003„CCA„R3„CD,€2002€WL€31443174,€at€*4€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,€Jackson,€Oct.€31,€2002).€Ð H˜ ÐHowever,€absent€an€appeal,€a€petitioner€has€only€one€year€from€the€date€on€which€his€or€her€judgmentÐ 4„ Ðbecomes€final€in€which€to€file€for€post„conviction€relief.€€òòSeeóó€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€40„30„102(a).€€AsÐ  p Ðset€forth€above,€the€judgment€of€a€trial€court€becomes€final€thirty€days€after€its€entry,€absent€a€timelyÐ  \ Ðnotice€of€appeal€or€post„trial€motion.€€Tenn.€R.€App.€P.€4€(a),€(c);€òòSeeóó€òòGreenóó,€106€S.W.3d€at€648.€€Ð øH ÐHere,€however,€òòóóthe€relevant€ð ðtriggerðð€date€was€the€date€on€which€the€trial€court€filed€its€correctedÐ ä4 Ðjudgment:€€January€10,€2001.€€òòSeeóó€òòManny€T.€Anderson€v.€Stateóó,€No.€M2002„00641„CCA„R3„PC,Ð Ð  Ð2003€WL€2002092,€at€*4€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,€Nashville,€April€30,€2003)€(holding€that,€when€anÐ ¼  Ðamended€judgment€was€filed€three€years€after€the€original€entry€of€judgment,€the€post„convictionÐ ¨ø Ðlimitations€period€began€to€run€on€the€date€the€amended€judgment€was€filed).€€Thus,€the€one„yearÐ ”ä Ðpost„conviction€limitations€period€began€to€run€in€January€2001€and€expired€in€January€2002.€€TheÐ €Ð ÐDefendant€did€not€file€his€petition€until€March€2004.€€The€trial€court€was€therefore€correct€inÐ l¼ Ðdismissing€the€Defendantððs€petitions€as€time„barred.Ð X ¨ ÐÌà  àòòóó€€The€Defendant€argues€that€the€post„conviction€statute€of€limitations€does€not€apply€whenÐ 0"€  Ðthe€claim€is€to€correct€an€illegal€sentence,€relying€on€this€Courtððs€unpublished€opinions€in€òòJamesÐ #l! ÐGordon€Coons,€III€v.€Stateóó,€No.€01C01„9801„CR„00014,€1999€WL€275009,€at€*3€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,Ð $X" ÐNashville,€May€6,€1999),€and€òòKevin€Lavell€Abston€v.€Stateóó,€No.€02C01„9807„CR„00212,€1998€WLÐ ô$D # Ð906475,€at€*1€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.,€Jackson,€Dec.€30,€1998).€€As€corrected,€however,€the€DefendantððsÐ à%0!$ Ðsentence€is€òònotóó€illegal.€€The€Defendantððs€argument€that€the€post„conviction€statute€of€limitations€isÐ Ì&"% Ðnot€applicable€is€misplaced€and€without€merit.Ð ¸'#& Ðâ âÐ ¤(ô#' Ðà  àBy€his€pleading,€the€Defendant€is€attempting€to€nullify€a€legal€sentence€and€reinstate€an€illegalÐ ° Ðone.€€There€is€no€procedure€available€for€attaining€the€Defendantððs€objective.׃×Ý ƒ)#ÃÝòòÚ  Ú2Ú  ÚóóÝ  Ý×  ×€€At€best,€the€DefendantÐ œì Ðâ âwould€be€entitled€to€have€his€plea€set€aside,€allowing€him€to€either€re„plead€to€a€legal€sentence,€orÐ ˆØ Ðbe€tried.€€In€order€to€set€aside€his€plea,€however,€the€Defendant€must€proceed€via€a€collateral€attackÐ tÄ Ðon€his€conviction,€and€the€post„conviction€avenue€for€this€attack€is€no€longer€available€because€ofÐ `° Ðthe€passage€of€time.Ð L œ ÐÌà  àIn€sum,€the€original€judgment€entered€against€the€Defendant€with€respect€to€his€aggravatedÐ $ t Ðkidnapping€conviction€set€forth€an€illegal€sentence.€€The€trial€court€had€the€authority€to€correct€theÐ  ` Ðjudgment€in€order€to€set€forth€a€legal€sentence.€€Any€abridgment€of€the€Defendantððs€rights€caused€byÐ ü L  Ðthe€trial€courtððs€action€in€correcting€the€judgment€was€a€proper€matter€for€a€petition€for€post„Ð è 8  Ðconviction€relief.€€The€time€for€filing€such€a€petition€expired€in€January€2002.€€The€Defendant,Ð Ô$  Ðhaving€failed€to€file€his€petition€within€the€limitations€period,€is€now€time„barred€from€pursuing€hisÐ À  Ðclaim.€€The€post„conviction€court€did€not€err€in€summarily€dismissing€the€Defendantððs€petitions,€andÐ ¬ü  Ðwe€therefore€affirm€the€judgments€of€the€post„conviction€court.€Ð ˜è  ÐÌÌÌòòóóà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  à___________________________________€Ð H˜ Ðà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àDAVID€H.€WELLES,€JUDGE