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(  Tenn.R.App.P.3;JudgmentoftheTrialCourtisAffirmed     #WX- #X- X.WJames_Curwood_Ԁ_Witt_,Jr.,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichDavidG.Hayesand V JohnEverettWilliams,JJ.,joined. < Alvin_Vonner_,Appellant,ProSe, X PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneral&Reporter,RonaldL.Davis,MarvinE.Clements,Jr., $ AssistantAttorneyGeneral,Nashville,Tennessee,fortheAppellee,StateofTennessee.   P@@OO& OPINION #WXX- #X- XW l!! #WXX-  #  X- XW0   ` Thepetitioner,Alvin_Vonner_,appealsprosethe_Hickman_ԀCountyCircuitCourts8##(#(# summarydismissalofhispetitionforawritofhabeascorpus.Thepetitionerisaninmateatthe $n$ _Turney_ԀCenterIndustrialPrisoninOnly,whereheisservinga60yearsentenceastheresultofhis %T % 1979KnoxCountyconvictionofseconddegreemurder.Thepetitionerallegedinhisprosepetition %:!& thathissentencehasexpired.Thelowercourtdismissedthepetitionwithoutgrantingahearing. & "' Wehavereviewedtherecord,thebriefsofthepartiesandtheapplicablelaw,andweaffirmthe '#( lowercourtsaction. (#)    ` Thepetitionerallegesthathecould expirehis60yearsentencein thirtyone(31) h*%+ years,lessearnedsentencereductioncredits.Heassertsthathehasactuallybeenincarceratedfor N+&, 21yearsandhas earnedapproximately15yearsofgoodconductsentencecreditsandsevenyears 4,'- ofprisonerperformancecredits.Alltold,heclaims43yearsofactualtimeservedandcreditsfor -j(. _timeserved.Accordingly,hecalculatesthathe hasexceededthethirtyone(31)yearsittookto  expirethesentence.Heconcludesthathisrestraintisnowillegalandthatheshouldbereleased  viaawritofhabeascorpus. |    ` Thelowercourtheldthatthewritisnotavailabletochallengethedenialofprison H privilegesand relatedmattersofourcorrectionalinstitutions.Thecourtalsofoundthatthe60 . ~ yearsentence,whichwasimposedonFebruary27,1980,hasnotexpired.Finally,thelowercourt  d statedthatthepetitioner failedtofollowtherequirementsofTennesseeCodeAnnotated292[1]  J 107(b),inthathehasfailedtoattachcopiesofofficialdocumentationevidencingthathewouldonly  0 berequiredtoservethirtyone(31)years.       ` Thepetitionercomplainsonappealthatthetrialcourtshouldhaverequiredthestate   toanswerthepetitionandshouldhavegrantedahearing.Hearguesthathispetitionmetthe x  statutoryrequirementsandthathewasnotrequiredtoofferevidenceinhispetitionthathissentence ^  hasexpired.Hearguesthatheshouldhavehadtheopportunitytopresentproofatanevidentiary D  hearing.Thestatearguesthatthepetitionwasproperlydismissedbecauseitfailedtoshowthatthe *z  sentencehadexpired.Thestatecharacterizesthepetitionersclaimasanattempttousehabeas ` corpustoreviewtheapplicationofsentencereductioncredits,anadministrativematterforthe F TDOCandnotasubjectforhabeascorpusrelief. ,    ` Attheoutset,weconcludethatthetrialcourterredwhenitheldthatTennesseeCode  Annotatedsection2921107(b)(2)requiredthatthepetitionerappendtohispetition copiesof  officialdocumentationevidencingthathewouldonlyberequiredtoservethirtyone(31)yearsof t theconvictioninquestion.Codesection2921107liststherequirementsforapetitionforawrit Z ofhabeascorpus.Itrequirestheattachmentofacopyofthe legalprocessbywhichthepetitioner @ isrestrained,andinthepresentcase,thepetitionermetthisrequirementbyappendingtohispetition &v copiesofhisconvictionjudgment.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.2921107(b)(2)(1997);seealsoState  \ exrelWoodv.Johnson,393S.W.2d135,136(Tenn.1965).Althoughapetitionermustinclude B sufficientallegationstomeritahearing,wefindnoperserequirementthatapetitionerattachany ( documentationotherthanthe legalprocess.Moreover,weassumethatthepetitionersbasisfor  claimingthathecouldservehis60yearsentencein31yearsisamatterofstatutoryinterpretation.  SeeTenn.CodeAnn.403612(1975)(recodifiedasTenn.CodeAnn.4028115(1997))(person   incarceratedinprisonpursuanttoadeterminatesentence shall...besubjecttoparoleafterserving p!   aperiodoftimeequaltoonehalf()ofthesentenceimposed).Nevertheless,eventhoughthe V"! trialcourterredinholdingthatthepetitionerwasrequiredtoattachproofofparoleeligibility,parole <#" eligibilityisirrelevanttoourresolutionofthiscase,andweconcludethatthepetitionwasproperly "$r# dismissedforthereasonsexplainedbelow. %X $ X- XXX-    ` HabeascorpusreliefisavailableinTennesseeonlywhenthefaceofthejudgment &$"& ortherecordoftheproceedingsuponwhichthejudgmentisrenderedreveals(a)thattheconvicting ' #' courtwaswithoutjurisdictionorauthorityoverthepetitioner,or(b)thatthepetitionerssentence (#( ofimprisonmenthasexpired.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,164(Tenn.1993).Thepetitioner )$) inthepresentcaseclaimsthathissentencehasexpired.Hemakesnoclaimthattheconvictioncourt l*%* lackedjurisdiction.#X- XXX- #  R+&+  8,',    ` Evenifweweretoacceptthepetitionerspremisethathehasbeenawarded  approximately22yearsofsentencereductioncredits,heisnotentitledtohabeascorpusrelief.The  faceofthejudgmentshowstheimpositionofa60yearsentencewhichcommencedin1980.Even | ifthecreditsequatetoanaccelerationofhissentenceexpirationby22years,hispetition b demonstratesthathissentenceexpiresnosoonerthan2017. H    ` Thefactthathemaybecomeeligibleforparolebefore2017ormayhavealready  d becomeeligibleforparoleisofnoconsequenceinthishabeascorpusproceeding.SeeCarlEd  J Lemingv.State,No.03C019603CC00119,slipop.at2(Tenn.Crim.App.,Knoxville,Apr.22,  0 1997).Theavailabilityofhabeascorpusinthepresentcasedependsuponsentenceexpiration.     [R]eleaseeligibilitydoesnotamounttoanentitlementtoimmediaterelease.Id. Paroledoesnot    causethesentencetoexpireorterminatebutismerelyaconditionalrelease.Bakerv.State,951   S.W.2d1,2(Tenn.Crim.App.1997);seealsoHowellv.State,569S.W.2d428,432(Tenn.1978). x     ` Thepetitionerhasfailedtoshowthathissentencehasexpired. Whenitisclear D  fromthepetitionthatthepetitionerisnotentitledtorelief,thetrialcourtisnotrequiredtoconduct *z  anevidentiaryhearingorappointcounseltorepresentthepetitioner.CarlEdLeming,slipop.at ` 2;seealsoTenn.CodeAnn.2921109(1980). F    ` Accordingly,weaffirmthattrialcourtsdismissalofthepetition.     `     h   ___________________________________ Z    `     h   JAMESCURWOODWITT,JR.,JUDGE