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TN Code § 40-20-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-20-107. Verdict and Sentence on Felony Conviction

  Whenever any person over eighteen (18) years of age is convicted of any felony or other crime punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, with the punishment for the offense within minimum and maximum terms provided for by law, the jury, in addition to finding the defendant guilty, shall fix the minimum and maximum term of the convicted defendant; provided, that the minimum sentence so fixed shall not be increased to exceed more than twice the minimum sentence as provided by law or the minimum sentence provided by law plus one half (½) the difference between the minimum and maximum sentence as provided by law, whichever is less. Its form of verdict shall be: “We find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment” or “We find the defendant guilty of  (whatever may be the offense charged), and fix punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than  years nor more than  years,” and the court imposing judgment upon the verdict shall not fix a definite term of imprisonment, but shall sentence the person to the penitentiary for a period of not less than nor more than the term fixed by the jury, making allowance for good time as now provided by law.   This section shall have no application in the case of persons convicted of second degree murder, rape of a female over the age of twelve (12) years, carnal knowledge and abuse of a female under the age of twelve (12) years, assault and battery upon a female under the age of twelve (12) years with the intent to unlawfully carnally know her, robbery by the use of a deadly weapon, kidnapping for ransom, or any Class X felony. Persons convicted of the offenses of this subsection (b) shall be given a determinate, and not an indeterminate sentence.
TN Code § 40-20-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-20-108. Sentence for Definite Period Construed as Indeterminate

  If, through mistake or otherwise, any person is sentenced for a definite period of time for any offense, the sentence shall not be void, but the person shall be deemed to be sentenced nevertheless as provided by the terms of §§ 40-20-107 — 40-20-110, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and subject to the liabilities under §§ 40-20-107 — 40-20-110 in the same manner and to the same extent as if sentence had been pronounced in the terms and manner required thereby.   This section shall have no application in the case of persons convicted of second degree murder, rape of a female over the age of twelve (12) years, carnal knowledge and abuse of a female under the age of twelve (12) years, assault and battery upon a female under the age of twelve (12) years with the intent to unlawfully carnally know her, robbery by the use of a deadly weapon, or kidnapping for ransom. Persons convicted of the offenses of this subsection (b) shall be given a determinate, and not an indeterminate sentence.
TN Code § 40-20-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-20-109. Jail Sentences and Fines Unaffected

 Sections 40-20-107 — 40-20-110 shall not interfere with the operation of statutes providing for punishment for certain offenses by fine or imprisonment in the county jail or both.
TN Code § 40-20-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-20-110. Sentence for Separate Offenses — Parole Considerations

  If a person is sentenced for two (2) or more separate offenses, sentence shall be pronounced for each offense, and imprisonment may equal, but shall not exceed, the total of the maximum terms provided by law for the offenses, which total shall, for the purpose of §§ 40-20-107 — 40-20-110, be construed as one (1) continuous term of imprisonment.    The department of correction shall notify the board of parole when inmates sentenced to consecutive sentences which require custodial parole consideration reach parole eligibility on their initial sentences.   The board shall determine when the inmate will begin service of the inmate's consecutive sentence.   No parole certificate shall be required, and the inmate shall be heard for parole when eligible on the inmate's consecutive sentence.   The board has the authority to begin custodial parole effective on any date on or after the custodial parole eligibility date.   A bona fide offer of employment shall not be required for custodial parole.
TN Code § 40-20-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-20-111. Concurrent or Cumulative Sentences

  When any person has been convicted of two (2) or more offenses, judgment shall be rendered on each conviction after the first conviction; provided, that the terms of imprisonment to which the convicted person is sentenced shall run concurrently or cumulatively in the discretion of the trial judge. The exercise of the discretion of the trial judge shall be reviewable by the supreme court on appeal.   In any case in which a defendant commits a felony while the defendant was released on bail in accordance with chapter 11, part 1 of this title, and the defendant is convicted of both offenses, the trial judge shall not have discretion as to whether the sentences shall run concurrently or cumulatively, but shall order that the sentences be served cumulatively.    Code 1858, § 5228; Shan., § 7201; Acts 1919, ch. 115, § 1; Code 1932, § 11764; Acts 1979, ch. 227, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2711.
TN Code § 40-20-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-20-112. Judgment of Infamy — Right of Suffrage — Competency as a Witness

 Upon conviction for any felony, it shall be the judgment of the court that the defendant be infamous and be immediately disqualified from exercising the right of suffrage. No person so convicted shall be disqualified to testify in any action, civil or criminal, by reason of having been convicted of any felony, and the fact of conviction for any felony may only be used as a reflection upon the person's credibility as a witness.   Code 1858, § 5226 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 23, § 71); Shan., § 7199; mod. Code 1932, § 11762; Acts 1941, ch. 64, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 11762; Acts 1953, ch. 194, § 1; 1972, ch. 740, § 4(70); 1981, ch. 342, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2712; Acts 1996, ch. 675, § 33.   Code Commission Notes.   Infamous crimes designated by this section prior to May 18, 1981, were: “abusing a female child, arson and felonious burning, bigamy, burglary, felonious breaking and entering a dwelling house, felonious breaking into a business house, outhouse other than a dwelling house, bribery, buggery, counterfeiting, violating any of the laws to suppress the same, forgery, incest, larceny, horse stealing, perjury, robbery, receiving stolen property, rape, sodomy, stealing bills of exchange or other valuable papers, subornation of perjury, and destroying a will.”
TN Code § 40-20-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-20-113. Judgment of Infamous Crime to Be Sent to Election Commission

 The clerks of the criminal and circuit courts shall notify the county election commission of each person convicted of an infamous crime on a form to be furnished by the state coordinator of elections pursuant to § 2-11-202.
TN Code § 40-20-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-20-115. Disqualification From Fiduciary Office

 The effect of a sentence of imprisonment in the penitentiary is to put an end to the right of the inmate to execute the office of executor, administrator or guardian, fiduciary or conservator, and operates as a removal from office.   Code 1858, § 5230; Shan., § 7203; Code 1932, § 11789; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2715; Acts 2013, ch. 435, § 33.   Compiler's Note. Acts 2013, ch. 435, § 48 provided that the act, which amended this section, shall apply to actions commenced on or after July 1, 2013.   Law Reviews.   Tennessee Civil Disabilities: A Systemic Approach (Neil P. Cohen), 41 Tenn. L. Rev. 253 (1974).
TN Code § 40-20-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-20-116. Order of Restitution

  Whenever a felon is convicted of stealing or feloniously taking or receiving property, or defrauding another of property, the jury shall ascertain the value of the property, if not previously restored to the owner, and the court shall, thereupon, order the restitution of the property, and, in case this cannot be done, that the party aggrieved recover the value assessed against the prisoner, for which execution may issue as in other cases.   If the property has been feloniously destroyed, the jury shall ascertain the damages sustained, upon which judgment shall be rendered in favor of the party aggrieved against the defendant, and execution shall issue as provided in subsection (a).   This section is cumulative, and does not deprive the party injured of any other right the party may have for the recovery of property or its value.    Code 1858, §§ 5233-5235 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 23, § 79); Shan., §§ 7208-7210; Code 1932, §§ 11795-11797; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 40-2716 — 40-2718.
TN Code § 40-20-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-20-117. Jail or Workhouse Sentences of Less Than One (1) Year

  Whenever any person is sentenced to imprisonment in a county jail or workhouse for a period not to exceed eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days, the judge of the court in which the sentence is imposed may, in the judge's discretion, include in the order of judgment suitable provisions and directions to the officer to whose custody the prisoner is committed for safekeeping as will ensure that the convicted person will be allowed to serve the sentence on nonconsecutive days, which may include, but is not limited to, weekends, between hours to be specified in the judgment, which provisions or directions may be revoked, suspended or amended from time to time by the judge of the committing court until the sentence is served or until the convicted person is lawfully released prior to the expiration of the person's sentence.   The sheriff, warden, superintendent or other official having responsibility for the safekeeping of the convicted person in any jail or workhouse shall adopt procedures for the release of the convicted person at the times specified in the order of judgment and for receiving the person back into custody at the specified times. Willful failure of any official to comply with the directions of the court constitutes contempt of court, punishable as provided by law for contempt generally.   Failure of the convicted person to surrender to the custody of the sheriff, warden, superintendent or other official responsible for the convicted person's safekeeping in the jail or workhouse within the time specified in the order of judgment constitutes grounds for the suspension or revocation of the privilege granted, in the discretion of the court. The order of judgment may specify time limits beyond which a continued absence shall be considered an escape and the offender shall then be liable to punishment for escape as provided by law; provided, that the person sentenced may elect to serve the person's sentence on consecutive days.
TN Code § 40-20-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 2 - Special Alternative Incarceration Unit Program|§ 40-20-201. Department of Correction — Authority

 Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, in the event that an offender is sentenced to confinement in the department of correction for six (6) years or less and is committed to the department, the department shall have the authority to place the offender in a special alternative incarceration unit in lieu of confinement in a regular state penal facility. In such a unit the offender shall, at a minimum, be required to participate for a period of ninety (90) days in an intensive regimen of work, exercise, military-type discipline and available treatment programs in accordance with policies and procedures established by the department.
TN Code § 40-20-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 2 - Special Alternative Incarceration Unit Program|§ 40-20-202. Participation in Available Treatment Programs

 An offender's participation in any available treatment programs shall be in addition to, and shall not have the effect of reducing or otherwise diminishing, the offender's participation in the full regimen of work, exercise and military-type discipline required by the special alternative incarceration program.
TN Code § 40-20-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 2 - Special Alternative Incarceration Unit Program|§ 40-20-203. Eligible Offenders — Age

 In placing an offender in a special alternative incarceration unit, the department of correction shall give priority to eligible offenders between the ages of seventeen (17) and twenty-five (25). In no event shall an offender who is over the age of thirty-five (35) be placed in a special alternative incarceration unit.
TN Code § 40-20-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 2 - Special Alternative Incarceration Unit Program|§ 40-20-204. Classification of Offender — Board Approval

 No offender shall be placed in a special alternative incarceration unit unless and until the offender has been classified by the department as a suitable candidate for an alternative treatment program in accordance with departmental policies and guidelines.
TN Code § 40-20-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 2 - Special Alternative Incarceration Unit Program|§ 40-20-205. Excluded Offenders

 An offender convicted of any of the following offenses is ineligible to participate in the special alternative incarceration program:   Class A felony;   Aggravated robbery;   An offense involving sexual contact or sexual penetration, as defined in § 39-13-501;   An offense involving child abuse, child sexual abuse, or sexual exploitation of a minor;   An offense involving the illegal distribution or sale of a controlled substance or controlled substance analogue to a minor;   An offense involving serious bodily injury, as defined in § 39-11-106; or   An offense involving death to a victim or bystander.
TN Code § 40-20-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 2 - Special Alternative Incarceration Unit Program|§ 40-20-206. Release to Division of Community Services Upon Completion — Revocation of Release

 Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, upon successful completion of a special alternative incarceration program, an offender shall be released to the supervision of the division of community services for the department of correction under the terms and conditions imposed by the department for the balance of the original sentence imposed by the trial court. Should an offender fail to comply with the terms and conditions of supervision imposed by the department after successful completion of the program, the release on supervision may be revoked by the trial judge pursuant to § 40-35-311.
TN Code § 40-20-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 2 - Special Alternative Incarceration Unit Program|§ 40-20-207. Eligibility of Certain Drug Offenders

 Notwithstanding the six (6) year or less sentence limitation of this part, an especially mitigated offender, as defined by § 40-35-109, or a standard offender, as defined by § 40-35-105, who is convicted of a violation of § 39-17-417(a) with respect to a controlled substance in an amount less than that set out in § 39-17-417(i), is eligible for placement in the special alternative incarceration unit as defined and authorized by this part.
TN Code § 40-20-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 3 - Special Technical Violator Unit|§ 40-20-301. Confinement in Special Technical Violator Unit

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the event that an offender receives a suspension of sentence, has that suspension of sentence revoked for reasons other than the commission of a new felony offense, and is committed to the department of correction, the department shall have the authority to place the offender in a special technical violator unit in lieu of confinement in a regular state penal facility unless the court specifies otherwise in the order of revocation. If the court specifically prohibits the placement of an offender in a special technical violator unit, the court shall make findings of fact and state the reasons for its decision in the order of revocation. In such unit the offender shall, at a minimum, be required to participate for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days in an intensive regimen of work and available treatment programs in accordance with policies and procedures established by the department.
TN Code § 40-20-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 3 - Special Technical Violator Unit|§ 40-20-302. Classification of Offenders

 No offender shall be placed in a special technical violator unit unless and until the offender has been classified by the department as a suitable candidate for such a program in accordance with departmental policies and guidelines.
TN Code § 40-20-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 20 - Judgment and Sentence|Part 3 - Special Technical Violator Unit|§ 40-20-303. Completion of Program — Failure to Comply

 Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, upon successful completion of a technical violator program, an offender shall be released to the supervision of the division of community services for the department of correction under the terms and conditions imposed by the trial court. Should an offender fail to comply with the terms and conditions of supervision imposed by the department after successful completion of the program, the release on supervision may be revoked by the trial judge pursuant to § 40-35-311.
TN Code § 40-28-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-28-101. Purpose — Application to Clemency Powers

  The purpose of this chapter is to provide a system of probation and paroles to be liberally construed to the end that the treatment of persons convicted of crime shall take into consideration their individual characteristics, circumstances, needs and potentialities as revealed by a case study and that such persons shall be dealt with in the community by a uniformly organized system of constructive rehabilitation under probation supervision instead of in correctional institutions or under parole supervision when a period of institutional treatment has been deemed essential whenever it appears desirable in the light of the needs of public safety and their own welfare.   Nothing in §§ 40-28-101 — 40-28-104 shall be construed in any way as intended to modify or abridge the clemency powers of the governor, as defined in §§ 40-27-101 — 40-27-108.
TN Code § 40-28-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-28-102. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the board of parole;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of correction;   “Department” means the department of correction;   “Executive director” means the officer employed by the board as the chief administrative officer of the agency;   “Notification,” as used in this part, may include telephone, facsimile and internet communications;   “Parole” means the release of a prisoner to the community by the board prior to the expiration of the prisoner's term subject to conditions imposed by the board and to supervision by the department, or when a court or other authority has issued a warrant against the prisoner and the board, in its discretion, has released the prisoner to answer the warrant of the court or authority; and   “Probation and parole officer” means a probation and parole officer employed by the department.
TN Code § 40-28-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-28-107. Reports of the Board — Notification of Release on Parole to Kidnapping Hostages and Victims

  The board shall make reports concerning the records, organization and work of the board as may from time to time be requested by the governor.   The board shall forward to the appropriate standing committees of the general assembly, designated by the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, the names of all persons released on parole, as well as all persons receiving both favorable and unfavorable recommendations for executive clemency of any sort, together with the reasons for the recommendations. This information shall be furnished to the designated standing committees as soon as practicable after the board's action. This information shall also be furnished to the appropriate district attorney general in whose district any such person was convicted.   Before a prisoner is released on parole, the board shall notify the following officials in the county in whose district the prisoner was convicted as well as the following officials in whose district the prisoner is to be released, if different:  The judge who sentenced the prisoner;   The district attorney general;   The sheriff; and   The chief of police.     At least three (3) days prior to the release on parole of a defendant convicted of any kidnapping offense involving a hostage or victim, the board shall notify the sheriff of the county in which the crime was committed and the sheriff shall make all reasonable and diligent efforts to notify the hostage or victim of the offense that the defendant will be released on parole. If the hostage or victim is less than eighteen (18) years of age or is otherwise unavailable, the sheriff shall make all reasonable and diligent efforts to so notify the family, if any, of the hostage or victim.   The board shall provide notification to those officials listed in subsection (c) in the event of an inmate's release due to exoneration, commutation of sentence, or the granting of a pardon by the governor.
TN Code § 40-28-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-28-114. Records of Prisoners

 As each prisoner sentenced is received at a classification center within the department of correction, it will further be the duty of the probation and parole officer of the district from which the prisoner was sent to cause to be obtained and forwarded to the board a summary from the trial judge and the district attorney general containing:   The facts as they developed at the trial;   The nature of the prisoner's conviction;   The court in which the prisoner was sentenced;   The name of the trial judge; and   Copies of other probation reports as may have been made in order for the board to have the benefit of the reports when the prisoner becomes eligible for parole consideration or applies for executive clemency.