39 chapters · 917 sections in this title.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-12-101 Impaneling bystanders
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Whenever a sufficient number of the jurors of the original panel fail to attend before the grand jury is formed, the court may impanel the grand jury of so many of the original panel as may attend, and the rest of bystanders. If none of the original panel attend or no jurors have…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-12-102 Persons guilty of conspiracy ineligible
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(a) No person who has been guilty of any offense declared in § 39-12-103, relating to conspiracy to take human life or to injure persons or destroy property, shall be competent to sit or serve on any grand or traverse jury and it is the duty of the court to carefully exclude all …
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-12-103 Reconvening to consider felony
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The judges of the circuit and criminal courts are authorized at any time during the same term of court to reconvene the grand jurors when, during the same term of court and after the jurors have been discharged, a criminal offense which is a felony has been committed in the juris…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-12-104 Application to testify by person having knowledge of commission of offense
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(a) Any person having knowledge or proof of the commission of a public offense triable or indictable in the county may testify before the grand jury. (b) The person having knowledge or proof shall appear before the foreman. The person may also submit the sworn affidavits of other…