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XaXXXXaXXXa  _         0p x (#X0IXXafQhhIINTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE    QRR$ATKNOXVILLEIԈ    H.` hp x (#X(#HAssignedonBriefsSeptember28,2004 > XaXIIXXa TONYHOPKINSv.STATEOFTENNESSEEXaXI  0  DirectAppealfromtheCriminalCourtforMorganCounty  " No.8938E.Eugene_Eblen_,Judge   XaXXXa@@*AV) ` dE<i` A j  @@No.E200301691CCAR3_HC_ԀFiledOctober25,_2004_ _  #XaXXXa'#XaXXXa@@*AV) ` dE<*` A +{  #XaXXXal#{{   Thepetitioner,TonyHopkins,appealsthedismissalofhispetitionforwritofhabeascorpus, 2  contendingthat,followinghisguiltyplea,hewaswrongfullysentencedtoafifteenyear h sentenceasaRangeIoffenderonaClassBfelony.Aftercarefulreview,weaffirmthe N dismissalofthepetition. 4   Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCriminalCourtAffirmed     JohnEverettWilliams,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJosephM._Tipton_and | DavidH.Welles,JJ.,joined. b JoeH.Walker,DistrictPublicDefender,andWalterB.Johnson,II,AssistantPublicDefender, .~ fortheappellant,TonyHopkins. d PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;J.RossDyer,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;J. 0 Scott_McCluen_,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andD.Roger_Delp_,AssistantDistrictAttorney  General,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee.      OPINION ^"# FactsandProceduralHistory *$z%     Thepetitionerwasindictedontwocountsofaggravatedrobberyandtwocountsof %F!' especiallyaggravated_kidnapping_.Pursuanttoanegotiatedpleaagreement,thepetitionerwas &,"( convictedoftwocountsofaggravatedrobbery,aClassBfelony,andtwocountsofthereduced '#) chargeof_kidnapping_;hewasclassifiedasaRangeI,standardoffender.Thepotentialsentence (#* forsuchanoffenderconvictedofaClassBfelonyiseighttotwelveyears.Tenn.CodeAnn. )$+ 4035112(a)(2)(2004).However,asaconditionofhispleatothecountsofaggravatedrobbery, t*%, thepetitioneragreedtoa hybridsentenceoffifteenyears,whichisaRangeIIsentence,witha Z+&- RangeIreleaseeligibilitydate.Thejudgmentfurthercorroboratedthetermsoftheagreement @,'. bynoting REDisnegotiatedwithRangeIIsentence.InOctober2002,thepetitionerfileda &-v(/ _prosepetitionforwritofhabeascorpus.Thereafter,counselwasappointedandahearingwas  held,inwhichthepetitionerarguedthatthelengthofhissentencewasillegalbecauseitfell | outsidethemaximumpenaltyforaRangeIoffender.Thecourtdeniedthepetitionbecausethe b judgmentwasnotvoidand,therefore,wasnotappropriategroundsforhabeasrelief.The H petitionerthenfiledatimelyappealtothisCourt. .    Onappeal,theStatearguesthatthejudgmentisnotvoidonitsfacebecausetheagreed  d uponsentenceoffifteenyearswaswithinthestatutoryrangeforaClassBfelonyandbecause  J thepetitionerknowinglyandvoluntarilyagreedtothehybridsentenceasaconditionofhisplea  0 agreement.Theappellantreiteratesthatthejudgmentisvoidbecausethesentenceissuedfalls    outsidethestatutorymaximumpenaltyforaRangeIoffender.Further,hearguesthatany   notationonthejudgment,reflectinganagreementtosuchterms,doesnotcuretheillegalityof x  thesentence. `  ^    @.. Analysis *       Thegroundsuponwhichhabeascorpusreliefcanbesoughtaredecidedlynarrow;relief ` isonlyavailablewhenaconvictionisvoidbecausetheconvictingcourtwaswithoutjurisdiction F orauthoritytosentenceadefendant,orwhenadefendantssentencehasexpiredandthe , defendantisbeingillegallyrestrained.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,164(Tenn.1993).  Further,asentenceindirectcontraventionofastatuteisillegalandvoid.Stephensonv.Carlton,  28S.W.3d910,911(Tenn.2000)(citingStatev.Burkhart,566S.W.2d871,873(Tenn.1978). t Inordertoprevail,thepetitionermust provethatajurisdictionaldefectappearsintherecordof Z theoriginaltrial.Dixonv.Holland,70S.W.3d33,36(Tenn.2002). @   Offenderclassificationsandreleaseeligibility arenonjurisdictionalandlegitimate  v bargainingtoolsinpleanegotiationsundertheCriminalSentencingReformActof1989. \ Blandv.Dukes,97S.W.3d133,134(Tenn.Crim.App.2002)(citingMcConnellv.State,12 B S.W.3d795,798(Tenn.2000);Hicksv.State,945S.W.2d706,709(Tenn.1997)).Moreover, ( oursupremecourtheldinHicksthathybridsentencesarepermissiblebecause aknowingand  voluntaryguiltypleawaivesanyirregularityastooffenderclassificationorreleaseeligibility.   Hicks,945S.W.2dat709. p!   ThepetitionerreliesprimarilyonMcConnelltosupportthepropositionthatthetrial <#! courtdidnothavejurisdictiontoimposeasentenceoutsidethemaximumstatutorypenaltyfor "$" hisrange,pursuanttohispleaagreement.However,thepetitionersrelianceonthereasoningin %r# McConnellismisplaced;inthatcase,thecourtnullifiedthepleaagreementnotbecausethe %X $ numberofyearswasoutsidetherange,butbecauseitwasexpressedintermsofthe1982 &>!% SentencingActratherthanthe1989Act.Bland,97S.W.3dat135(citationsomitted).Infact, '$"& McConnellcitedHickswithapprovalandnotedthatitsdecisiondidnotdisturb theabilityof ( #' theStateanddefendantstouseoffenderclassificationandreleaseeligibilityassubjectsofplea )#( bargainnegotiations.McConnell,12S.W.3dat798. l*$) f 8aXXdXXd8     Inthecaseatbar,thepetitionerspleaagreementwasnegotiatedunderthetermsofthe  1989SentencingAct.Moreover,thesentencingrangeforClassBfeloniesisbetweeneightand | thirtyyears;thepetitionerssentenceoffifteenyearsisproperlywithinthisrange.Tenn.Code b Ann.4035111(b)(2)(2004).Finally,pursuanttoHicksanditsprogeny,theagreedupon H hybridsentence,whichmixedtherangeofincarcerationandtherangeofreleaseeligibility,is . ~ permissible.Therefore,becausethepetitionerexecutedaknowingandvoluntaryguiltypleaand  d becausehissentencewasissuedincompliancewithapplicablestatutoryandcaselaw,thetrial  J courtsdenialofthepetitionerswritofhabeascorpusisaffirmed.  0 XaXXXa      &  x$  Conclusionx$$  $Ԍ    Ќ  XaXXXa    Basedontheforegoing,andtherecordasawhole,thetrialcourtsdismissalofthe x  petitionershabeascorpuspetitionisaffirmed.' $ ^         `     h     ___________________________________     `     h     JOHNEVERETTWILLIAMS,JUDGE  K