WPC; U:V % 0w@r 4   0J 0T' 0^{ 0h 0rA 0| 0/ 0 1uE 0d U*B)HDCq AMv~v3 B D3# 0@V AO 0D D/ B,cAZ"Arial RegularX(`$TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7GXXdXXd7  GDHDIDJDKDLDMDNDODPӀڃ"7A'3|x[2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23    ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(Arial% Line 7 d7Border 1dd-C << G  !  #d#    ! \RA'\#d#      YYY FILEDX October1,1997CecilCrowson,Jr.AppellateCourtClerk PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva  d%%%%'dxd("$    -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! .      \RA'\#Xd##Xd#   4   4   R !A1-j|` e `@Rߛ @ INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@ ATKNOXVILLE@ SEPTEMBERSESSION,1997KENNETHLOWE,   )     ) No.03C019612CR00467 Appellant   )     ) JOHNSONCOUNTYvs.     )     ) Hon.LynnW.Brown,JudgeHOWARDCARLTON,  )WARDEN,andSTATEOF ) (WritofHabeasCorpus)TENNESSEE,   )     ) Appellee   ) FortheAppellant:    FortheAppellee: KennethLowe ,ProSe   CharlesW.Burson 212010NECC    AttorneyGeneralandReporter P.O.Box5000MountainCity,TN376835000       MichaelJ.Fahey,II       AssistantAttorneyGeneral       CriminalJusticeDivision      450JamesRobertsonParkway      Nashville,TN372430493                (ATTRIALANDONAPPEAL)OPINIONFILED:򀀀AFFIRMEDPURSUANTTORULE20 DavidG.Hayes Judge0 @  OPINION  Theappellant,KennethLowe,appealsthetrialcourtsdismissalofhisprosepetitionforwritofhabeascorpusrelief.InSeptemberof1992,theappellantwasconvictedbyaBradleyCountyjuryoftheoffensesofattempttocommitrapeandaggravatedrapeandwassubsequentlysentencedtoaneffectivesentenceoffifteenyearsimprisonment.HeiscurrentlyconfinedattheNortheastCorrectionalCenterinJohnsonCounty.Theappellantfiledtheinstantpetitionallegingthatthejudgmentsenteredagainsthimarevoidbecausetheindictmentfailedtoallegethemensreaoftheoffensescharged.Thetrialcourtdismissedthepetitiononthebasisthatallegationsconcerningthesufficiencyoftheindictmentarenotthepropersubjectofhabeascorpusrelief.Weagreewiththisruling.SeeHaggardv.State,475S.W.2d186,187(Tenn.Crim.App.1971);Brownv.State,445S.W.2d669,674(Tenn.Crim.App.1969);Barberv.State,No.01C019408CR00281(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,Feb.23,1995).Accordingly,weaffirmthetrialcourt'sdismissalofthepetition. Moreover,uponfurtherreview,wefindthesubstanceoftheappellant'sclaimwithoutmerit.Inorderforanindictmenttosatisfybothconstitutionalandstatutoryguidelines,itmustcontainthematerialelementsoftheoffenseandmustsufficientlyapprisetheaccusedoftheoffenseheiscalledupontodefend.Statev.Tate,912S.W.2d785,789(Tenn.Crim.App.1995);seealsoTenn.ϜCodeAnn.4013202(1990);Statev.Perkinson,867S.W.2d1,5(Tenn.Crim.App.1992).Aspreviouslystatedbypanelsofthiscourt,norequisitementalstateisincludedinthedefinitionsoftheoffensesofrapeandaggravatedrape.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.3913502;503.Whenthelegislaturefailstodefineaspecificmentalstateinthedefinitionofanoffense,proofofeitherintent,knowledge,orrecklessnesssufficestoestablishtheculpablementalstate.Tenn.CodeAnn.3911301(c)(1991).Accordingly,theaccused'smentalstateisnotamaterialelementoftheoffenseandneednotbeincludedintheindictment.Statev.Dison,No.03C019602CC00051(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,Jan.31,1997).Otherpanelsofthiscourthaveupheldthevalidityofindictmentsundersimilarchallenges.See,e.g.,Slaglev.State,No.03C019704CR00145(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,June25,1997);Statev.Vann,No.03C019602CC00066(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,June10,1997);Statev.James,No.01C019601CR00016(Tenn.Crim.App.atNashville,Mar.27,1997);Statev.Burrell,No.03C019404CR00157(Tenn.Crim.App.atKnoxville,Feb.11,1997). Contrarytotheappellant'sassertions,theallegationsintheindictmentsufficientlyapprisetheaccusedoftheoffensesofattempttocommitrapeandaggravatedrape.Consequently,wefindtheindictmentvalid.Thetrialcourt'sdismissaloftheappellant'spetitionforwritofhabeascorpusisaffirmedpursuanttoRule20,RulesoftheCourtofCriminalAppeals.     ___________________________________     DAVIDG.HAYES,JudgeCONCUR:_______________________________JOHNH.PEAY,Judge_______________________________WILLIAMM.BARKER,Judge