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@@ AppealfromtheCircuitCourtforLakeCounty  9 @@No.04CR8561R.LeeMoore,Jr.,Judge  # @@*AV) ` dE<` A   @@TTNo.W200401246CCAR3HCFiledDecember10,_2004_   AV) ` dE<]` A ^     Thepetitioner,BrianK.Mitchell,appealsprosefromtheLakeCountyCircuitCourtsdismissal V  ofhispetitionforhabeascorpusrelief.Thepetitionerattackshisconvictionforespecially ? aggravatedburglary,aClassBfelony,forwhichhereceivedathirtyyearsentence.Hecontends (x thathissentenceisillegalbecause,althoughheisaRangeI,standardoffender,thesentencehe a receivedisthemaximumwithinRangeIII.Weaffirmthetrialcourtsdismissalofthepetition. J  Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCircuitCourtAffirmed     #X#XX.JosephM.Tipton,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichDavidG.HayesandJames  CurwoodWitt,Jr.,JJ.,joined.  BrianK.Mitchell,MountainCity,Tennessee,ProSe. Z PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;RachelE.Willis,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;and ,| C.PhillipBivens,DistrictAttorneyGeneral. e @@66' OPINION #XX#XX  7  #XX #  XX  TherecordreflectsthatonOctober2,1998,thepetitionerpledguiltytoonecountof " " especiallyaggravatedburglary.SeeT.C.A.XI XXXԀ3914404_(c_).#XX XXI, #ԀThepleaagreementstipulatedthat ## thepetitionerssentencewouldbethirtyyears,themaximumsentencewithinRangeIII,butthathis $$ releaseeligibilitystatuswouldbethirtypercentasaRangeI,standardoffender.Thepetitioner u% % subsequentlyfiledapetitionforhabeascorpusreliefallegingthathisconvictionwasvoidbecause ^&!& hissentencewasillegal,andthetrialcourtdismissedthepetition.Onappeal,thepetitionercontends G'"' thatthetrialcourterredindismissinghispetition.Thestatecontendsthatthetrialcourtsdismissal 0(#( wasproperbecausethepetitionerssentencewasnotvoid.Weagreewiththestate. )i$)   XI XXXThetrialcourtmaysummarilydismissapetitionforwritof#XX XXI#XI XXXhabeas#XX XXID#XI XXXԀcorpusreliefwhenthe *;&+ petitionerdoesnotstateacognizableclaim.#XX XXI#XI XXXԀPassarellav.State,#XX XXI(#XI XXXԀ891S.W.2d619,627(Tenn.Crim. +$', App.1994).Apetitionforthewritof#XX XXI#XI XXXhabeas#XX XXI%#XI XXXԀcorpusmayonlybebroughtifthejudgmentisvoid , (- orthesentencehasexpired.#XX XXIm#XI XXXArcherv.State,#XX XXI#XI XXXԀ851S.W.2d157,164(Tenn.1993).However,ifthe -(. _claimedillegalityrendersthejudgmentorsentencevoidable,ratherthanvoid,noreliefcanbe  granted.#XX XXIm#XI XXXId.#XX XXI#XI XXXat161. Ifthefaceoftherecordshowsthatthecourtdidnothavejurisdiction,thenthe  judgmentisvoid.#XX XXI#XI XXXDykesv.Compton,#XX XXI#XI XXXԀ978S.W.2d528,529(Tenn.1998).Thedeterminationof  whetherreliefshouldbegrantedisaquestionoflawwhichthiscourtreviewsdenovo.Hartv. k State,21S.W.3d901,903(Tenn.2000). T   ThepetitionercontendsthathisthirtyyearsentenceasaRangeIoffenderexceedsthe & v maximumsentenceinthatrangeforaClassBfelony,whichistwelveyears.SeeT.C.A4035  _ 112(a)(2).#XX XXI#XI XXXԀHearguesthatalthoughheagreedtothissentence,thetrialcourtlackedjurisdictionto  H imposeasentencethatexceededthestatutorypenaltyforhisrange.Thestatenotesthatahybrid  1  sentencemayincludethelengthofincarcerationinonerangeandthereleaseeligibilitypercentage    inanother.Itarguesthataslongasthetermofyearsdoesnotexceedthetermallowedforthe   felonyclass,adefendantmaylawfullyagreetoitsimposition.     Oursupremecourthasheldthatoffenderclassificationandreleaseeligibilityarenon n  jurisdictionalandlegitimatebargainingtoolsinpleanegotiationsundertheCriminalSentencing W  ReformActof1989.McConnellv.State,12S.W.3d795,798(Tenn.2000);Hicksv.State,945 @ S.W.2d706,709(Tenn.1997).InHicks,#XX XXIP#XI XXXԀthepetitionerpledguiltytovoluntarymanslaughter,a )y ClassCfelony,andagreedtoahybridsentenceinvolvingaRangeIIlengthofincarcerationoften b yearsandaRangeIreleaseeligibilityofthirtypercent.SeeT.C.A.4035112(a)(3),(b)(3).He K subsequentlypetitionedforpostconvictionrelief,contendingthathistenyearsentencewasin 4 contraventionofthe1989SentencingActwhencoupledwithhisthirtypercentreleaseeligibility  status.Thecourtconcludedthatsuchhybridsentenceswerepermissibleunderthe1989Actand  heldthat aknowingandvoluntaryguiltypleawaivesanyirregularityastooffenderclassification  orreleaseeligibility.Hicks,945S.W.2dat709.    ThepetitionerreliesuponMcConnellandStatev.Cutwright,No.92C019108CC00175, Z HendersonCounty(Tenn.Aug.31,1992)(order),andarguesthathissentencecannotexceedthe C maximumsentenceintherangethatestablishesthereleaseeligibilitystatus.Inbothcases,the ,| petitionerspledguiltyandagreedtosentencesunderthe1982SentencingAct,althoughthe1989 e Acthadalreadytakeneffect.InCutwright,thepetitionerwassentencedtofiftyyearsasaRange N IIoffenderwithafortypercentreleaseeligibilitystatusunderthe1982Act.Thesupremecourt  7 observedthatthe1989ActappliedandthatthemaximumsentenceforaRangeIIoffenderunder !   the1989Actwasfortyyears,asopposedtofiftyyearsunderthe1982Act.Cutwright,slipop.at " ! 1.Thecourtheldthatthesentencewasvoidandremandedthecasetothetrialcourtforcorrection #" ofthesentenceorwithdrawaloftheguiltyplea.Id.at2.InHicks,thesupremecourtexplainedthat $# itdidnotdisapproveofthemixingofoffenderclassificationsandreleaseeligibilitypercentagesin t% $ Cutwright.945S.W.2dat709n.9.Instead,itdeemedthejudgmentfaciallyvoidbecausethe ]&!% defendantwassentencedunderthe1982Actandfortypercentreleaseeligibilitystatusdidnotexist F'"& underthe1989Act.Id. /(#'   InMcConnell,thepetitionerpledguiltytoseconddegreemurder,aClassAfelony,andsix *Q%) countsofrobberywithadeadlyweapon,aClassBfelony.Heagreedtoasentenceofthirtyfive *:&* yearsasaRangeIoffenderunderthe1982SentencingActforthemurderconviction,toconcurrent +#'+ tenyearsentencesforfiveoftherobberycounts,andtoathirtyfiveyearsentenceforthesixth  robberycounttorunconsecutivelytothemurdersentence.Thecourtheldthatthetrialcourts  jurisdictiontosentencethepetitionerwaslimitedbythe1989SentencingAct,whichsetsthelimits  withinwhichthestateandtheaccusedcannegotiate.12S.W.3dat79899.Itstatedthatthethirty k fiveyearsentencesimposedpursuanttothe1982Actexceededthemaximumtwentyfiveyearand T twelveyearsentencesforaRangeIoffenderunderthe1989Act.Id.at800. =    ThepetitionerreliesuponMcConnelltoarguethatthetrialcourtdidnothavejurisdiction  _ toimposeasentencethatexceededthemaximumstatutorypenaltyforhisrangealthoughheagreed  H tothesentence.Yet,wenotethattheMcConnellcourtcitedHickswithapprovalandaffirmedthat  1  itsdecisiondidnotalter theabilityoftheStateanddefendantstouseoffenderclassificationand    releaseeligibilityassubjectsofpleabargainnegotiations.McConnell,12S.W.3dat798.Inlight   ofMcConnellsaffirmationofHicks,thiscourthasconcludedthatthepleaagreementinMcConnell   wasnullifiedbecauseitwasexpressedintermsofthe1982Act,notbecausethenumberofyears   wasoutsidetherange.Blandv.Dukes,97S.W.3d133,13536(Tenn.Crim.App.2002). n    Thejudgmentformusedinthiscaseprovidesboxestocheckthat,relevanttothecase,are @ designated Standard30%Range1, Multiple35%Range2,and Persistent45%Range3.It )y hasnoboxesthatwouldreflecttheparticularsofthepetitionersagreement,althoughitdoesstate b asaspecialconditionthatthepleawasenteredunderHicks.Wenotethatthejudgmentformnow K beingprovidedpursuanttoTenn.Sup.Ct.R.17hasasetofboxesforoffenderstatusandanother 4 setofboxesforreleaseeligibilitywhichwouldallowthejudgmenttoreflectanagreementlikethe  petitioners.    Inthepresentcase,thepetitionernegotiatedhispleaagreementusingthetermsofthe1989  Act.Themixingoflengthofincarcerationandthereleaseeligibilitystatuswaspermittedunder q Hicks.Thus,thepetitionersjudgmentreflectsaguiltypleaandahybridsentence,whichdonot Z contravenethe1989SentencingAct.Thepetitionerisnotentitledtorelief. C   Basedupontheforegoingandtherecordasawhole,weaffirmthetrialcourtsdismissalof e thepetitionforhabeascorpusrelief.#XX XXIY# N    `     h     ___________________________________ #"    `     h     JOSEPHM.TIPTON,JUDGE