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J  Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCircuitCourtAffirmed     #X{#XX.DavidH.Welles,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJoeG.RileyandJohnEverett  Williams,JJ.,joined.  CharlesS.Kelly,Sr.,_Dyersburg_,Tennessee,fortheappellant,JoyNelson. Z PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;J.RossDyer,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;and ,| GarryBrown,DistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. e _@@OO& OPINION #XX#XX  7    #XX #XX  In1994,theDefendantwasindictedforfirstdegreemurder.OnApril10,1995,shepled ## guiltytoseconddegreemurder,aClassAfelony.ARangeIoffenderconvictedofaClassAfelony $$ issubjecttoapotentialsentenceoffifteentotwentyfiveyears.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.4035 u% % 112(a)(1).However,asaconditionofherplea,theDefendantagreedtoasentenceoffortyyears ^&!& eventhoughshewasclassifiedasaRangeIoffenderandreceivedaRangeIreleaseeligibilitydate. G'"' ForaClassAfelony,fortyyearsisaRangeIIsentence.Seeid.4035112(b)(1).OnJuly16, 0(#( 2002,theDefendantfileda MotionforCorrectionofIllegalSentence,whichthetrialcourtdenied. )i$) ItisfromthedenialofhermotionthattheDefendantnowappeals. *R%*   ThetrialcourtsactionontheDefendantsmotiontocorrectanillegalsentenceisnot +$', directlyappealableunderRule3(b)oftheTennesseeRulesofAppellateProcedure.SeeCoxv. , (- State,53S.W.3d287,293(Tenn._Crim_.App.2001).Therefore,totheextentthatthisrecord -(.J _ presentsonlyanappealfromthetrialcourtsdenialoftheDefendantsmotion,thiscaseisnot  properlybeforethisCourt.However,thetrialcourt,citingCox,determinedthattheDefendants  motionshouldbetreatedasapetitionforwritofhabeascorpus. Thephraseillegalsentenceis  synonymouswiththehabeascorpusconceptofavoidsentence.Id.at292. [A]claimthatmerely k assertsavoidsentence,eventhoughitmaynotassertavoidconviction,iscognizableasahabeas T corpusproceeding.Id. STherefore,theappropriateprocedureforchallenginganillegalsentence =  isapetitionforwritofhabeascorpus.Seeid. & v   However,theDefendantfailedtocomplywiththeproceduralrequirementsforproperly   filingahabeascorpuspetition.First,theDefendantdidnotfilehermotioninthepropervenuefor    ahabeascorpusaction.UnderTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection2921105,apetitionforwritof p  habeascorpusmustbefiledwith thecourtorjudgemostconvenientinpointofdistancetothe Y  applicant,unlessasufficientreasonbegiveninthepetitionfornotapplyingtosuchcourtorjudge. B  Generally,thisisinthecountyinwhichtheapplicantisincarcerated.See,e.g.,Lewisv. +{  MetropolitanGen.SessionsCt.,949S.W.2d696,700(Tenn.CrimApp.1996).The Motionfor d  CorrectionofIllegalSentencewasfiledinGibsonCounty;however,therecordreflectsthatthe M DefendantisincarceratedinShelbyCounty. 6   Second,themotiondoesnotcomplywiththedraftingrequirementsforapetitionseekingthe ^ writofhabeascorpus.AccordingtoTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection2921107(b),apetitionfor G writofhabeascorpusshallstate: 0 8  (1)Thatthepersoninwhosebehalfthewritissought,isillegallyrestrainedof l liberty,andthepersonbywhomandplacewhererestrained,mentioningthename U ofsuchperson,ifknown,and,ifunknown,describingthepersonwithasmuch > particularityaspracticable;'w   8  (2)Thecauseorpretenseofsuchrestraintaccordingtothebestinformationofthe c applicant,andifitbebyvirtueofanylegalprocess,acopythereofshallbeannexed, L orasatisfactoryreasongivenforitsabsence;5   8  (3)Thatthelegalityoftherestrainthasnotalreadybeenadjudgeduponaprior q  proceedingofthesamecharacter,tothebestoftheapplicantsknowledgeandbelief; Z! andC"   8  (4)Thatitisfirstapplicationforthewrit,or,ifapreviousapplicationhasbeen # made,acopyofthepetitionandproceedingsthereonshallbeproduced,or h$  satisfactoryreasonsbegivenforthefailuresotodo.Q% !   TheDefendantfailedtonamethewardeninhermotionasrequiredbysubsection(1).Additionally, '## apanelofthisCourthasalreadyruleduponthelegalityoftheDefendantssentence.InJoyNelson ($$ v.State,No.W199901885CCAR3PC,1999WL1532150(Tenn.Crim.App.,Jackson,Dec.20, )$% 1999),apanelofthisCourtreviewedthetrialcourtsdenialoftheDefendantspetitionforpost *%& convictionrelief.Althoughthecourtdeterminedthatherpostconvictionappealwastimebarred, m+&' itruleduponthelegalityofhersentence.Insoruling,thecourtrelieduponHicksv.State,945  S.W.2d706(Tenn.1997).    InHicks,thedefendantpledguiltytoaClassCfelony.Pursuanttothepleaagreement,he a wassentencedasaRangeIoffenderwithaRangeIreleaseeligibility.However,thepleaagreement J providedforasentenceoftenyears,which,foraClassCfelony,isaRangeIIsentence.Our  3 supremecourtruledthatthis hybridsentencewasvalidbecauseitwasimposedpursuanttoaplea   agreementthatwasenteredvoluntarilyandknowingly.Seeid.at709.   ̀  IntheDefendantspostconvictionappeal,thisCourtstated: -}  8  WefindtheholdinginHickscontrollinginthiscasewhere,asinHicks,asentence i  wasimposedthatwasoutsidethespanofyearsoftheoffense,basedontheagreed R  rangeoftheoffender,butwithintheoverallstatutoryspanofyearsfortheclassof ;  felony.Therefore,weconcludethatpetitionerspleabargainagreementwasvalid $t  andthesentencelegal. ]   JoyNelsonv.State,1999WL1532150,at*3.AlthoughapanelofthisCourthasalreadyruledthat  theDefendantssentenceislegal,shenowreliesuponMcConnellv.State,12S.W.3d795(Tenn. n 2000),tosupportherpositionthatherfortyyearsentenceisillegal.Becauseanillegalsentencemay W becorrectedatanytime,seeStatev.Burkhart,566S.W.2d871,873(Tenn.1978),wewilladdress @ theDefendantscontention. )y   InMcConnell,thedefendantpledguiltyandagreedtosentencesunderthe1982Sentencing  Act,althoughthe1989SentencingActhadalreadytakeneffect.Thedefendantpledguiltytoa  ClassAfelonyandsixClassBfelonies.HeagreedtoasentenceofthirtyfiveyearsasaRangeI s offenderfortheClassAfelony,toconcurrenttenyearsentencesforfiveoftheClassBfelonies,and \ toaconsecutivethirtyfiveyearsentenceforthesixthClassBfelony.Oursupremecourtheldthat E thetrialcourtsjurisdictiontosentencethedefendantwaslimitedbythe1989SentencingAct, . ~ whichsetstheparameterswithinwhichtheStateandthedefendantmustnegotiate.SeeMcConnell, !g 12S.W.3dat79899.Thecourtstatedthatthethirtyfiveyearsentencesimposedpursuanttothe "P 1982SentencingActexceededthemaximumtwentyfiveyearandtwelveyearsentencesfora "9 RangeIoffenderunderthe1989Act.Seeid.at800. #"   ThisCourthaspreviouslyaddressedtheargumentraisedbytheDefendant,thatMcConnell J&!! deprivestrialcourtsofjurisdictiontoimposeasentencethatexceedsthemaximumstatutorypenalty 3'"" inadefendantsrange,evenwherethedefendantagreedtothesentence.SeeBlandv.Dukes,97 (l## S.W.3d133(Tenn.Crim.App.2002).AsthecourtinBlandnoted, theMcConnellcourtcited )U$$ HickswithapprovalandaffirmedthatitsdecisiondidnotaltertheabilityoftheStateand )>%% defendantstouseoffenderclassificationandreleaseeligibilityassubjectsofpleabargain *'&& negotiations.Id.at135(quotingMcConnell,12S.W.3dat798). InlightofMcConnells +'' affirmationofHicks,this[C]ourthasconcludedthatthepleaagreementinMcConnellwasnullified  becauseitwasexpressedintermsofthe1982Act,notbecausethenumberofyearswasoutsidethe  range.Bland,97S.W.3dat135(citationsomitted).Inthiscase,theDefendantnegotiatedherplea  agreementusingthetermsofthe1989SentencingAct;therefore,themixingofthelengthofher k sentenceandherreleaseeligibilitystatusispermissibleunderHicks,inwhichoursupremecourt T statedthat aknowingandvoluntaryguiltypleawaivesanyirregularityastooffenderclassification =  orreleaseeligibility.945S.W.2dat709;seealsoStatev.MelvinWaters,No.M200201297CCA & v RMCD,2003WL141087,at*2(Tenn.Crim.App.Nashville,January16,2003).  _   FindingthattheDefendantssentenceisnotillegal,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt       m23456789(03q S   `     h        `     h     ___________________________________ ~     `     h     DAVIDH.WELLES,JUDGE