Title 16, Courts

(1) Any integrated criminal justice system developed through the facilitation of the committee shall:(1) Increase public safety and improve national security;(2) Minimize the threat and risk of injury to specific individuals;(3) Minimize the threat and risk of injury to law enfor…

(a) The membership of the steering committee shall consist of:(1) Director of the office of criminal justice programs or a designee;(2) President of the Tennessee sheriffs association or a designee;(3) President of the Tennessee association of chiefs of police or a designee;(4) E…

The members of the steering committee, advisory council and subcommittees shall serve without compensation, but shall be eligible for reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administ…

The administrative office of the courts (AOC) shall be empowered to hire personnel to manage integrated criminal justice projects and to be responsible for day-to-day operations. In making the personnel decisions, the director of the AOC shall consult with the steering committee.

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee voluntary fund for indigent civil representation.” (b) (1) There is established in the state treasury a separate account known as the Tennessee voluntary fund for indigent civil representation. It is the intent of…

(a) The administrative office of the courts (AOC) is directed to define and develop a centralized system of case management, document management, electronic case filing, electronic payment methods, data reporting, and any other capability deemed necessary for collection and repor…

There is created the private probation services council.

The purpose of the council is to ensure that uniform professional and contract standards are practiced and maintained by private corporations, enterprises and entities engaged in rendering general misdemeanor probation supervision, counseling and collection services to the courts…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Council” means the private probation services council;(2) “Governing authority” means the elected body of any county, municipality or metropolitan government with statutory power to enter into written contracts …

The commissioner of finance and administration shall attach the council to the appropriate state entity for administrative purposes.

(a) The council shall consist of the following seven (7) voting members:(1) Four (4) members who shall be appointed to serve for four-year terms as follows:(A) One (1) criminal court judge who shall be appointed by the president of the Tennessee judicial conference, representing …

The council shall annually elect from its membership a chair, vice chair and other officers as deemed expedient.

The state entity to which the council is attached for administrative purposes shall provide staff services for the council.

The council shall meet at such times and places as necessary and convenient.

(a) The purpose of the council is to ensure that uniform professional and contract standards are practiced and maintained by private corporations, enterprises and entities rendering general misdemeanor probation supervision, counseling and collection services to the courts. To su…

(1) The council has the power:(1) To establish fees sufficient to pay the annual expenses of the council; and(2) In a lawful proceeding under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, assess civil penalties, in accordance with rules adopted pursua…

No public officer or employee of a governing authority who is involved in making or administering a contract with a private entity that is governed by the council and that provides probation services may derive any direct benefit from the contract.

There shall be an appellate court composed of twelve (12) judges, styled the court of appeals.

(a) The court of appeals shall be composed of twelve (12) judges, of whom no more than four (4) shall be residents of the same grand division of the state. Immediately preceding appointment, each judge shall be at least thirty (30) years of age, shall have been a resident of the …

The tenure of office is eight (8) years, and the judges shall receive compensation as fixed in § 8-23-103.

At the first meeting of the court after the regular judicial election, the members of the court shall choose the presiding judge of the court of appeals and adopt rules of practice; and the presiding judge shall, on the request of a majority of the members, call meetings thereaft…

The entire court shall have one (1) presiding judge, chosen by the members of the court, and, when sitting in sections, each section shall at all times have a presiding judge to be chosen by its members.

The clerks and marshals of the supreme court shall also be the clerks and marshals of the court of appeals, and shall perform the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities and receive the same compensation as are prescribed by law.

The expenses of the court of appeals shall be paid out of the state treasury, upon the warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration.

(a) (1) The jurisdiction of the court of appeals is appellate only, and extends to all civil cases except workers' compensation cases and appeals pursuant to § 37-10-304(g).(2) All cases within the jurisdiction conferred on the court of appeals shall, for purposes of review, be t…

(a) When sitting in sections of three (3) judges each, the concurrence of two (2) of the judges shall be sufficient to determine all matters coming before the section; and such action, without more, shall have effect, in all respects, as if the entire court of appeals had partici…

The court of appeals, and the individual members of the court, are given power to grant writs of error, certiorari and supersedeas in cases within the jurisdiction of the court, such writs to be returnable to the court of appeals in the division in which they arose, and the pract…

The court of appeals is a court of record, and its judgment shall be executed as provided in the Tennessee rules of appellate procedure.

The court shall sit in sections concurrently as ordered by the presiding judge in Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson, for the purpose of hearing and determining cases before it and for such length of time as may, in the judgment of the court, be required for the dispatch of the bus…

In order to expedite the trial and decision of cases, the court of appeals, when the court deems it advisable so to do, is authorized and empowered to sit in sections of three (3) judges each, at Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson, to hear and determine cases just as though all twe…

(a) Any case on the docket of the court of appeals, in any grand division, in which any member of the court residing in that grand division is disqualified to participate, upon order of two (2) of the judges residing in the grand division where the case is pending, may be transfe…

The procedure on appeal in the court of appeals shall be governed by the Tennessee rules of appellate procedure.

There is created and established an appellate court in this state to be designated and styled the court of criminal appeals of Tennessee.

The court of criminal appeals shall be composed of twelve (12) judges, of whom no more than four (4) shall reside in any grand division of the state. Immediately preceding appointment, each judge shall be at least thirty (30) years of age, shall have been a resident of the state …

(a) The judges of the court of criminal appeals shall be elected by the qualified voters of the state in a statewide retention election conducted in accordance with title 17, chapter 4, part 1. Vacancies on the court of criminal appeals shall be filled by the governor in accordan…

A judge of the court of criminal appeals shall only be required to qualify as a candidate and be elected by the qualified voters of the state.

(a) The compensation of the judges of the court of criminal appeals shall be the same as that received by the judges of the court of appeals. (b) The necessary travel expense and per diem allowance incurred by the judges in the performance of their official duties under this part…

(a) The members of the court at the first meeting of the court, after each judicial election, shall choose one (1) of its members as presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals. (b) The court at its first meeting under this section shall have the authority to adopt and promu…

(a) The court of criminal appeals shall sit at Knoxville, Nashville, Jackson and such other places as the presiding judge may from time to time designate for the purpose of hearing and deciding cases and such other matters as may come before it for its consideration and determina…

(a) The jurisdiction of the court of criminal appeals shall be appellate only, and shall extend to review of the final judgments of trial courts in:(1) Criminal cases, both felony and misdemeanor;(2) Habeas corpus and Post-Conviction Procedure Act proceedings attacking the validi…

The clerks and marshals of the supreme court shall also act and be the clerks and marshals of the court of criminal appeals. They shall perform the same duties and functions with respect to the court of criminal appeals and be subject to the same liabilities as may be prescribed …

(a) All cases appealed to the court of criminal appeals for the purpose of review shall be filed and docketed with the clerk of the court of criminal appeals for the grand division within which the case arose. All appeal cases originating in the western grand division shall be fi…

The court of criminal appeals is a court of record, and its judgment shall be executed as provided in the Tennessee rules of appellate procedure.

Each judge of the court of criminal appeals shall be furnished office space in the county of the judge's residence by the state. In the event no office space is available either from the state or county, then each judge shall receive the same monthly allowance from the state as a…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Nonadversarial approach” means that the district attorney general and the defense attorney work together for the benefit of the veterans treatment court program participants and the program; and(2) “Veterans treatment court program” means a stand-…

A veterans treatment court program shall have the same powers as the court that created it. Any disagreements shall be resolved prior to court and not in front of the participants.