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JGGJ` XXccTR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T74XXdXXd7      Jr )<,(j 8` `@Ef ` ttx$,` rߛJINTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE `  ATKNOXVILLEFEBRUARYSESSION,1998  DAVIDMCDOWELL, h   )  C.C.A.NO.03C019707CR00278 `  `     h   ) `  ` Appellant,   h   ) X   `     h   ) `     h   )  MORGANCOUNTY X  VS. `     h   )   X   `     h   )  HON.E.EUGENEEBLEN  X   CHARLESJONES,Warden,   )  JUDGE  X   `     h   )  X  ` Appellee.   h   )  (WritofHabeasCorpus) X      FORTHEAPPELLANT: h     FORTHEAPPELLEE: 0 DAVIDMCDOWELL h     JOHNKNOXWALKUP  ! ProSe    h     AttorneyGeneralandReporter " #109129M.C.R.C.F.    h     TIMOTHYF.BEHAN $ P.O.Box2000   h     AssistantAttorneyGeneral % GWartburg,TNGGWartburg,TNG378872000    425FifthAvenueNorth %  `     h     Nashville,TN372430493 `     h     CHARLESE.HAWK `     h     DistrictAttorneyGeneral `     h     FRANKHARVEY `     h     AssistantDistrictAttorney `     h     P.O.Box703 `     h     Kingston,TN37763OPINIONFILED________________________AFFIRMEDPURSUANTTORULE20JERRYL.SMITH,JUDGE  p6-.S   cc POPINION#P # cc `    7 ( XXdXXd7 GG  ` AppellantDavidMcDowellwasconvictedbyajuryintheBradleyCounty  \ CriminalCourtofaggravatedrape.AsaRangeIstandardoffender,hewassentencedtotwentytwoyearsincarcerationwiththeTennesseeDepartmentofCorrection.ThisCourtaffirmedtheconviction.Statev.DavidMcDowell,No.251 , BradleyCounty(Tenn.Crim.App.,Knoxville,October23,1986).OnDecember30,1996,AppellantfiledanapplicationforwritofhabeascorpusintheMorganCountyCriminalCourt,allegingthathewasbeingillegallyrestrainedonaconvictionandsentencebaseduponafatallydefectiveindictmentwhichfailedtoproperlysetforthamensrea.ThetrialcourtdeniedthewritonFebruary14, < 1997.Appellantpresentsthefollowingissueforourconsiderationinthisappeal:whetherthetrialcourterredindismissingthepetitionforhabeascorpusrelief. ` Afterareviewoftherecord,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourtpursuanttoCourtofCriminalAppealsRule20. ` WefindnomeritinAppellant'scomplaintthatthetrialcourtimproperlydeniedhisapplicationforwritofhabeascorpuswithoutconductinganevidentiaryhearingandwithoutappointingcounsel."Afullevidentiaryhearingisnotrequiredforeverypetitionforhabeascorpus."Weatherlyv.State,704S.W.2d730,732 *\!" (Tenn.Crim.App.1985).Anevidentiaryhearingisnotwarrantedunlessthepetitionerallegesfactsadequatelydemonstratingthevoidcharacteroftheproceedingswhichledtohisconfinement.Id.(citingRussellv.Stateexrel. 0,'( Willis,437S.W.2d529(Tenn.1969)). |2)*  ` TheBradleyCountygrandjuryindictedAppellantforaggravatedrape.AccordingtoAppellant'spetition,theindictmentallegedthatAppellant"didunlawfullyandfeloniouslyhavesexualpenetrationof...achildlessthanthirteen(13)yearsofage,contrarytothestatute,..." <:02  ` BoththeSixthAmendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitutionandArticleI,9oftheTennesseeConstitutionaffordtheaccusedtherighttobeinformedofthe"natureandcauseoftheaccusation."Moreover,ourlegislaturehasprescribedthecontentsofindictments.Tenn.CodeAnn.4013202provides:8 ` 0 ` !` !Theindictmentmuststatethefactsconstitutingtheoffenseinordinaryandconciselanguage,withoutprolixityorrepetition,insuchamannerastoenableapersonofcommonunderstandingtoknowwhatisintended,andwiththatdegreeofcertaintywhichwillenablethecourt,onconviction,topronouncetheproperjudgment;andinnocasearesuchwordsas"forceandarms"or"contrarytotheformofthestatute"necessary.  ! ! Tenn.CodeAnn.4013202. ` TheTennesseeSupremeCourt'sdecisioninStatev.Hillgovernsthe p dispositionofthecasesubjudice.954S.W.2d725(Tenn.1997).TheHillcourt ` heldthat:8 ` 0 ` !` ![F]oroffenseswhichneitherexpresslyrequirenorplainlydispensewiththerequirementforaculpablementalstate,anindictmentwhichfailstoallegesuchmentalstatewillbesufficienttosupportprosecutionandconvictionforthatoffensesolongas(1)thelanguageoftheindictmentissufficienttomeettheconstitutionalrequirementsofnoticetotheaccusedofthechargeagainstwhichtheaccusedmustdefend,adequatebasisforentryofaproperjudgment,andprotectionfromdoublejeopardy;(2)theformoftheindictmentmeetstherequirementsofTenn.CodeAnn.4013202;and(3)thementalstatecanbelogicallyinferredfromtheconductalleged.  ! ! Id.at72627. @,"$  ` @?thei?@ATheindictmentintheinstantcasecomportswiththerequirementsofABHillBCB.BCDDE. 0.$& EFEEFE ` EDAADAccordingly,weaffirmthetrialcourt'sjudgmentpursuanttoCourtofCriminalAppealsRule20.>;#RI XX#0. #;>̜H̛ `  `  `  `  ` ̛̛̛H  ӜH ` ̛̛HII `     h   ____________________________________ `     h   JERRYL.SMITH,JUDGE 9p02 CONCUR:___________________________________THOMAST.WOODALL.JUDGE___________________________________WILLIAMB.ACREE,SPECIALJUDGE