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Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCriminalCourtAffirmed#5XXV#XVX5     #5XVF #XVX.5JoeG.Riley,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichDavidH.Welles#5XXV #XVX5andJames t _Curwood_Ԁ_Witt_,Jr.,JJ.,joined.#5XXVJ #XVX5 ` WilliamB._Lockert_,III,DistrictPublicDefender(attrial),andTimothyV.Potter,_Dickson_, 8!  Tennessee(onappeal),fortheappellant,WilliamEdwinLambeth. $"t! PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;ThomasE.Williams,III,#5XXV #XVX5ԀAssistantAttorney #L# General;#5XXV #XVX5ԀDan_Mitchum_Ԁ_Alsobrooks_,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andCareyJ.Thompson,Assistant $8 $ DistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee#5XXV)#XVX5. %$!%   OPINION #5XXVS#XVX5 4-(- _ԇ#5XXV#  XVX5@88  PROCEDURALBACKGROUND     Thedefendantwasconvictedofsexualbattery,andthetrialcourtsentencedhimonJuly23,  1999,tofouryearsasaRangeIImultipleoffender.Thedefendanttimelyfiledamotionfornewtrial t onAugust16,1999.OnJanuary24,2000,thedefendant'strialcounselfiledamotiontowithdraw ` themotionfornewtrial,whichwasgrantedbyorderenteredJanuary25,2000.OnMarch15,2000, L  thedefendantfiledaprosemotiontoamendthe"fraudulentlywithdrawnmotionfornewtrial. 8    OnMay24,2000,thetrialcourtappointednewcounsel.OnJuly26th,thetrialcourtruled  ` thatitlackedjurisdictiontohearthemotionfornewtrialbecausethedefendant'stimelymotionfor  L  newtrialhadbeenwithdrawn.Thedefendantsnewlyappointedcounselthenappealedtothiscourt.  8    Thesoleassignmentoferrorinthisappealiswhetherthetrialcourterredinitsjurycharge   relatingtotheelementsofthesexualoffenses.Specifically,defendantcontendstheindictment   allegedsexualmisconductby forceorcoercion,whereasthejurychargeauthorizedaconviction   baseduponlackofconsent.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.3913503(a)(1),(2).    @  TIMELINESSOFMOTIONFORNEWTRIAL  H  A.StandardofReview   p  XVXXXV  Amotionfornewtrial shallbemade...withinthirtydaysofthedatetheorderofsentence H isentered.Tenn.R.Crim.P.33(b).Thisprovisionismandatory,andthetimeforfilingmaynot 4 beextended.SeeTenn.R.Crim.P.45(b);seealsoStatev.Martin,940S.W.2d567,569(Tenn.   1997);Statev.Dodson,780S.W.2d778,780(Tenn.Crim.App.1989).Thethirty(30)day   provisionisjurisdictional,andanuntimelymotionisanullity.Dodson,780S.W.2dat780.It  deprivestheappellantoftheopportunitytoargueonappealanyissuesthatshouldhavebeenraised  inthemotionfornewtrial.Martin,940S.W.2dat569.Furthermore,theuntimelyfilingofamotion  fornewtrialdoesnottollthetimeforfilinganoticeofappeal;thus,anuntimelymotionfornewtrial l willalsoresultinanuntimelynoticeofappeal.SeeStatev.Davis,748S.W.2d206,207(Tenn. X  Crim.App.1987).Unliketheuntimelyfilingofthenoticeofappeal,thiscourtdoesnothavethe D! authoritytowaivetheuntimelyfilingofamotionfornewtrial.SeeTenn.R.App.P.4(a);Statev. 0"  Givhan,616S.W.2d612,613(Tenn.Crim.App.1980).However,thiscourt,initsdiscretion,may #l! takenoticeofplainerrorwhichaffectsasubstantialrightofthedefendantwhereitmaybenecessary $X" todosubstantialjustice.Tenn.R.Crim.P.52(b);Statev.Johnson,980S.W.2d414,418(Tenn. $D # Crim.App.1998).#XVXX XV# %0!$  B.Analysis  |*%)  h+&*   ThedefendantwassentencedonJuly23,1999,andthemotionfornewtrialwasfiledon  August16,1999,wellwithinthethirtydayrequirement.See XVXXXVTenn.R.Crim.P.33(b).#XVXX XV@#ԀThe  defendantthenfiledamotiontowithdrawthemotionfornewtrial,andthetrialcourtenteredan  orderwithdrawingthemotionfornewtrialonJanuary25,2000.Theattempttorevivethemotion t fornewtrial,filedalmosttwomonthslater,wasanullity.Furthermore,thesubsequentlyfilednotice ` ofappealwasuntimely. L    Nevertheless,weelecttowaivethetimelyfilingofthenoticeofappeal.Wewilladdressthe $ t meritsoftheassignmentoferrorundertheplainerrordoctrine.  ` @" JURYINSTRUCTIONS  $    Inthisappeal,thedefendantallegeshisconvictionmustbereversedbecausethetrialcourt   instructedthejurythatthestatecouldproverapeandsexualbatteryby(1)forceorcoercion,or(2)   lackofconsent,whiletheindictmentallegedonlythatthedefendant didunlawfully,feloniously,   forcibly,coercively,intentionallyorknowinglysexuallypenetrate[thevictim]inviolationofTenn. p CodeAnn.3913503,aClassBFelony.(Emphasisadded).Theindictmentdidnotexpressly \ allegethatthesexualpenetrationwas accomplishedwithouttheconsentofthevictim.SeeTenn. H CodeAnn.3913503(a)(2). 4   Thetrialcourtinstructedthejuryonrapeasfollows:  \ Foryoutofindthedefendantguiltyof[rape],thestatemusthaveprovenbeyonda 4 reasonabledoubttheexistenceofthefollowingessentialelements:    X(1)thatthedefendanthadunlawfulsexualpenetrationoftheallegedvictim  ortheallegedvictimhadunlawfulsexualpenetrationofthedefendant;and  %%(2)thatforceorcoercionwasusedtoaccomplishtheact;or l (3)thatthesexualpenetrationwasaccomplishedwithouttheconsentofthealleged D! victimandthedefendantknew,orhadreasontoknow,atthetimeofthepenetration 0"  thattheallegedvictimdidnotconsent;and #l! (4)thatthedefendantactedintentionally,knowinglyorrecklessly. $D # ' X&(Emphasisadded). &"%   Thetrialcourtfurtherinstructedthejuryonthelesserincludedoffenseofsexualbatteryas (#' follows: )$(     |*%) Foryoutofindthedefendantguiltyof[sexualbattery],thestatemusthaveproven   beyondareasonabledoubttheexistenceofthefollowingessentialelements:  (1)thedefendanthadunlawfulsexualcontactwiththeallegedvictiminwhichthe t defendantintentionallytouchedtheallegedvictimsintimateparts,ortheclothing ` coveringtheimmediateareaoftheallegedvictimsintimateparts;and L  (2)thatforceorcoercionwasusedtoaccomplishtheact;[and] $ t (3)thatthedefendantactedintentionally,knowinglyorrecklessly.  L  **  Regardlessofwhetherornotthejurychargewasimproperwithregardtorape,anissue $  whichweneednotdecide,defendantsargumentmustfail.Thedefendantwasacquittedofrape,   makingtheissuemootastothatcharge.Astosexualbattery,forwhichdefendantwasconvicted,   thejurychargerequiredproofof forceorcoercionandmakesnomentionoflackofconsent.   According,theissueraisedinthisappealistotallydevoidofmerit.   @FF% CONCLUSION  H   Basedontheforegoing,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt.  p    `     h     ___________________________________      `     h     JOEG.RILEY,JUDGE