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Title 40 - CRIMINAL PROCEDUREChapter 30 - POST-CONVICTION PROCEDURE
Part 3 - POST-CONVICTION DNA ANALYSIS ACT OF 2001
Section 40-30-309 - Preservation of evidence during pendency of proceeding - Sanctions

Tenn. Code § 40-30-309

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Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 40-30-309 - Preservation of evidence during pendency of proceeding - Sanctions

When the petition is not summarily dismissed, the court shall order that all evidence in the possession of the prosecution, law enforcement, laboratory, or the court that could be subjected to DNA analysis must be preserved during the pendency of the proceeding. The intentional destruction of evidence after such an order may result in appropriate sanctions, including criminal contempt for a knowing violation.

T.C.A. § 40-30-309

Acts 2001, ch. 444, § 1; T.C.A. § 40-30-409.