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@@ DirectAppealfromtheCircuitCourtfor_Hardeman_ԀCounty  9 @@No.9673JonKerryBlackwood,Judge  # @@*AV) ` dE<` A   @@TTNo.W200400177CCAR3_HC_ԀFiledDecember3,_2004_   AV) ` dE<]` A ^     Thepetitioner,FrankW.Johnson,pledguiltytoseconddegreemurderandwassentencedtothirteen V  andonehalfyearsincarcerationintheTennesseeDepartmentofCorrection.Subsequently,hefiled ? apetitionforawritofhabeascorpus,allegingthathepledguiltytoanillegalsentence.Thetrial (x courtdeniedthepetition,andthepetitionernowappeals.Uponreviewoftherecordandtheparties a briefs,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt. J  Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCircuitCourtisAffirmed.     #!X'#X'X.!NormaMcGeeOgle,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichGaryR.Wade,_P.J._,and  AlanE.Glenn,J.,joined.  FrankW.Johnson,_Whiteville_,Tennessee,Prose. Z PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;BrentC.Cherry,_Assitant_ԀAttorneyGeneral;and ,| ElizabethT.Rice,DistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. e @@OO& OPINION #!XX'#X'X!  7  #!XX' #X'X!  @ I.FactualBackground #!XX' #X'X!Ԉ " "   Therecordbeforeusonappealisscarce.Regardless,inhisappellatebriefandinhispetition $$ forawritofhabeascorpus,thepetitionerclaimsthatonFebruary25,2000,hepledguiltyinthe v% % ShelbyCountyCriminalCourttoseconddegreemurder.Thepetitionercontendsthat,alsoon _&!& February25,2000,theShelbyCountyCriminalCourt acceptedthepleaagreementandsentenced H'"' the[petitioner]to_a[n_]effective13.5yearsentence. 1(#(   Subsequently,thepetitionerfiledinthe_Hardeman_ԀCountyCircuitCourtapetitionforawrit *S%* ofhabeascorpus.Inhispetition,thepetitionerarguesthatthepunishmentforseconddegreemurder *<&+  cannotbelessthan15years.Accordinglyhecontendsthathis pleaagreementisindirect +%', contraventionofexpressStatutoryprovisionregardingsentencingoftheCriminalSentencing ,(- ReformActof1989,andoutsidetheTrialCourtsjurisdictionandthereforeillegal. -(. _ԇ  Thetrialcourtenteredanorderdenyingthepetition,finingthatthepetitionwas notwell  taken.Thepetitionernowappealsthisdecision.  @$ II.Analysis  k   XI XXX'Initially,wenotethatthedeterminationofwhethertogrant%  #X'X XXI#%XI XXX'habeascorpusreliefisaquestion >  oflaw.See#X'X XXIE#XI XXX'McLaneyv.Bell,#X'X XXI#XI XXX'Ԁ59S.W.3d90,92(Tenn.2001).Assuch,wewillreviewthetrial ' w courtsfindingsdenovowithoutapresumptionofcorrectness.#X'X XXI5#XI XXX'Id.#X'X XXI#XI XXX'ԀMoreover,itisthepetitioners  ` burdentodemonstrate,byapreponderanceoftheevidence, thatthesentenceisvoidorthatthe  I confinementisillegal.#X'X XXIh#XI XXX'Wyattv.State,#X'X XXI}#XI XXX'Ԁ24S.W.3d319,322(Tenn.2000).  2    ArticleI,#X'X XXI#XI XXX'#X'X XXIn#XI XXX'15oftheTennesseeConstitutionguaranteesanaccusedtherighttoseek#X'X XXI#XI XXX'habeas   corpusrelief.#X'X XXI@#XI XXX'ԀSeeTaylorv.State,#X'X XXI#XI XXX'Ԁ995S.W.2d78,83%  #X'X XXI!#%SXI XXX'(Tenn.1999).However, [s]uchreliefis   availableonlywhenitappearsfromthefaceofthejudgmentortherecordofthejudgmentorthe   recordoftheproceedingsthatatrialcourtwaswithoutjurisdictiontosentenceadefendantorthat o  adefendantssentenceofimprisonmentorotherrestrainthasexpired.#X'X XXI#XI XXX'Wyatt,#X'X XXIY#XI XXX'Ԁ24S.W.3dat322; X  #X'X XXI#XI XXX'seealso#X'X XXI#XI XXX'ԀTenn.CodeAnn.#X'X XXIu#XI XXX'#X'X XXI#XI XXX'2921101(2003).Inotherwords,#X'X XXI#XI XXX'habeascorpusreliefmaybesought A onlywhenthejudgmentisvoid,notmerelyvoidable.See#X'X XXIt#XI XXX'Taylor,#X'X XXI0#XI XXX'Ԁ995S.W.2dat83. Avoid *z judgmentisoneinwhichthejudgmentisfaciallyinvalidbecausethecourtlackedjurisdictionor c authoritytorenderthejudgmentorbecausethedefendantssentencehasexpired.Wehave L recognizedthatasentenceimposedindirectcontraventionofastatute,forexample,isvoidand 5 illegal.#X'X XXI#XI XXX'Stephensonv.Carlton,#X'X XXIu#XI XXX'Ԁ28S.W.3d910,911(Tenn.2000)(citationsomitted).  %  #X'X XXI#%F %  % XI XXX'  Moreover,wenotethat [w]ithoutquestion,theproceduralprovisionsofthe#X'X XXI #XI XXX'habeascorpus  statutesaremandatoryandmustbefollowedscrupulously.#X'X XXID!#XI XXX'Archerv.State,#X'X XXI!#XI XXX'Ԁ851S.W.2d157,165  (Tenn.1993).#X'X XXIK"#XI XXX'Specifically,TennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection2921107provides: r  8  8`   (a)Applicationforthewritshallbemadebypetition,signedeither D bythepartyforwhosebenefititisintended,orsomepersononthe -} petitionersbehalf,andverifiedbyaffidavit.%  #X'X XXI"#%P$XI XXX'f` x` x  8  8`   (b)Thepetitionshallstate: 8` x` x  8  8`   (1)Thatthepersoninwhosebehalfthewritissought,isillegally " ! restrainedofliberty,andthepersonbywhomandplacewhere #" restrained,mentioningthenameofsuchperson,ifknown,and,if $# unknown,describingthepersonwithasmuchparticularityas u% $ practicable;^&!%` x` x  8  8`   (2)Thecauseorpretenseofsuchrestraintaccordingtothebest 0(#' informationoftheapplicant,andifitbebyvirtueofanylegal )i$( process,acopythereofshallbeannexed,orasatisfactoryreason *R%)  givenforitsabsence;*;&*` x` x   8  8`   (3)Thatthelegalityoftherestrainthasnotalreadybeenadjudged  uponapriorproceedingofthesamecharacter,tothebestofthe  applicantsknowledgeandbelief;andk` x` x  8  8`   (4)Thatitisfirstapplicationforthewrit,or,ifapreviousapplication =  hasbeenmade,acopyofthepetitionandproceedingsthereonshall & v beproduced,orsatisfactoryreasonsbegivenforthefailuresotodo. _` x` x   Thepetitionerfailedtocomplywithalloftherequirementsoffilingapetitionforawritof  1  habeascorpus.Ofparticularimportance,thepetitionerfailedtoincludeinhispetitionacopyofthe    judgmentfromwhichheseeksrelief.SeeJohnC.Tomlinsonv.State,No.M200102152CCAR3   CO,2002WL1400051,at*2(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashvilleJune28,2002).Additionally,acopy   ofthejudgmentofconvictionwasnotincludedintherecordonappeal.Therefore,thiscourtis   unabletodiscerntheoffensetowhichthepetitionerpled,thenatureofhisplea,orthelengthofthe n  sentenceimposed.Thus,thepetitionerhasfailedtomeethisburdenofestablishingbya W  preponderanceoftheevidencethathesuffersunderanillegalsentence. @ @NN" III.Conclusion  b   Giventhepaucity#X'X XXI$#Ԁofevidencebeforethiscourt,weconcludethatthejudgmentofthetrial 5 courtmustbeaffirmed.     `     h     ___________________________________ r    `     h     NORMAMcGEEOGLE,JUDGE