Tenn. Code § 40-14-106

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 966

Section 40-14-106 - Time before trial - Capital offenses

Every person accused of any offense for which the punishment may be death shall be entitled to twenty-one (21) full days, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after arrest and the return of the indictment or presentment before being tried for the offense.

T.C.A. § 40-14-106

Acts 1949, ch. 189, § 2; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 11736.1 (Williams, § 11760.2); Acts 1976, ch. 482, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2006.