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Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCriminalCourtAffirmed  f   #XS#XSX.JosephM.Tipton,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJohnEverettWilliamsand F RobertW._Wedemeyer_,JJ.,joined. 6 JoeH.Walker,DistrictPublicDefender,andWalterB.Johnson,II,AssistantDistrictPublic f Defender,fortheappellant,WillieJamesRobinson,Jr. V PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;R.StephenJobe,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;J. 6 ScottMcCluen,DistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. & @@OO& OPINION #XXS#XSX !  #XXS #  XSX  Thepetitioner,WillieJamesRobinson,Jr.,appealsasofrightfromtheMorganCounty #" CriminalCourtsorderdismissinghishabeascorpuspetitionwithoutahearing.Hecontendsthat $# hisconvictionsarevoidbecausethetrialjudgefailedtosignthejudgmentsandtheminutes.We v% $ affirmthetrialcourt. f&!%   Germanetothisappeal,therecordreflectsthatthepetitionerwassentencedin1987to F(#' concurrentlifetermsasahabitualcriminalonconvictionsforthirddegreeburglaryandgrand 6)$( larceny.Theprosepetitionallegesthatthejudgmentsarevoidbecausetheyarenotsignedbythe &*v%) sentencingjudgeasrequiredbylaw.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.5161106;Tenn.R.Crim.P.32(e). +f&* Italsoassertsthatthepetitionershouldberesentencedasrelief. ,V'+   ,F(,   Attachedtothepetitionarecopiesofdocumentstitled CONVICTIONthatarecertified   bytheKnoxCountyCriminalCourtClerktobe trueandperfectcopiesofthesentences  pronouncedincourt,theHonorableJohnJ.Duncan,Jr.,presiding.Thedocumentsreflectthenature  ofthecharges,thejurorsbeforewhomthepetitionerwastried,theverdicts,andthesentences  imposedbythetrialcourt.Noplaceexistsonthedocumentsforajudgetosign. p   Thepetitioneralsoreliesupontheaffidavitofcounselfiledinthetrialcourtfivemonthsafter P  theappealofthiscase.Theaffidavitwastransmittedtotheappellatecourtclerksofficepursuant @  toatrialcourtordertoincludetheaffidavitintherecordonappeal.Intheaffidavit,counsel 0  affirmedthathereviewedthepetitionersfilesintheKnoxCountyCriminalCourtClerksoffice  p  andthattheydidnotcontainjudgmentsofconvictionssignedbyanyjudge.Healsoaffirmedthat `  eachfilecontained copiesofminuteentriesfortheconvictionsbutthattheentriesweresignedby P  thetrialcourtclerk,notthetrialjudge. @    Thestateassertsthatthedocumentsattachedtothepetitionarenotjudgmentforms,butare   affidavitsfromthetrialcourtclerkattestingtowhatoccurredinthepetitionerscases.Itarguesthat  thedocumentsdonotprovethatjudgmentswerenotsignedbythetrialjudge.Asfortheattorneys  affidavitthattheminutesarenotsignedbythetrialjudgeandthatthefilescontainnojudgment  forms,thestaterespondsthattheprovisionsrequiringtrialjudgestosigntheminutesaredirectory  ratherthanmandatory.Inthisrespect,itreliesupontwocasesfromthiscourtthatholdthatthe  failureofthetrialcourttosigntheminutesdoesnotrenderaconvictionandsentencevoidforhabeas p corpuspurposes.SeeJerryL.Johnsv.State,No.E199900260CCAR3CD,MorganCounty ` (Tenn.Crim.App.Mar.9,2000),applic.filed(Tenn.July22,1999);PaulA.Mayesv.State,No. P E199901374CCAR3CD,MorganCounty(Tenn.Crim.App.Feb.24,2000),applic.filed(Tenn. @ Aug.16,1999). 0   First,weconcludethattheaffidavitfromthepetitionersattorneyisnotproperlybeforeus ` asevidencethatmaybeconsideredinthisappeal.Itwasneitherfiledwithnorconsideredbythe P trialcourtwhilethetrialcourthadjurisdictiontodecidethiscase.Thepetitionerhaspresentedno @ basisforustoconsideritunderthesecircumstances.However,wetakejudicialnoticeoftherecord 0 onappealinthepetitionersappealfromhisconvictions.SeeRecord,Vol.Iat5355,Statev.   JohnnyCarlWeaverandWillieRobinson,Jr.,No.1179,KnoxCounty(Tenn.Crim.App.Dec.8, ! 1988).Thecopyofthetrialcourtminutescontainingthejudgmentsthatwasfiledaspartofthe "  recordhas (S)JohnJ.Duncan,Jr.typedonthesignatureline. #!   Incasesarisingfromcriminalconvictions,habeascorpusreliefwilloccur onlywhenit % # appearsuponthefaceofthejudgmentortherecordoftheproceedingsuponwhichthejudgmentis p&!$ renderedthataconvictingcourtwaswithoutjurisdictionorauthoritytosentenceadefendant,or `'"% thatadefendantssentenceofimprisonmentorotherrestrainthasexpired.Archerv.State,851 P(#& S.W.2d157,164(Tenn.1993)(quotingStatev.Galloway,45Tenn.(5Cold.)326,33637(1868)). @)$' Inthepresentcase,wedonotbelievethatthefailureofthejudgmentsorminutestocontaina 0*%( handwrittensignatureofthetrialjudgeshowsthatthetrialcourtwaswithoutjurisdictiontosentence  +p&) thepetitioner.SimilartypedsignatureswereatissueinMayesandJohns.Inbothcases,thiscourt ,`'* concludedthatthefailureofatrialjudgetosignajudgmentortheminutesdidnotrendera  convictionorasentenceanullity.    Basedupontheforegoingandtherecordasawhole,weaffirmthetrialcourtsdenialof  habeascorpusrelief. p     `     h     ___________________________________ 0     `     h     JOSEPHM.TIPTON,JUDGE