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TN Code § 40-13-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-207. Time of Offense

 The time at which the offense was committed need not be stated in the indictment, but the offense may be alleged to have been committed on any day before the finding of the indictment, or generally before the finding of the indictment, unless the time is a material ingredient in the offense.   Code 1858, § 5124; Shan., § 7087; Code 1932, § 11632; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1808.
TN Code § 40-13-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-208. Place of Offense

 It is not necessary for the indictment to allege where the offense was committed, but the proof shall show a state of facts bringing the offense within the jurisdiction of the county in which the indictment was preferred.   Code 1858, § 5125; Shan., § 7088; Code 1932, § 11633; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1809.
TN Code § 40-13-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-209. Allegation of Ownership of Property

  When any property, upon or in relation to which the offense was committed:  Belongs to several partners or owners, it is sufficient to allege the ownership to be in any one (1) or more of those partners or owners; or   When the property is quasi public property, or belongs to an association, society or collection of individuals, such as churches, schoolhouses, lodges, etc., it is sufficient for the indictment to allege ownership in that association, society or collection of individuals by the name by which it is commonly known.     It is sufficient to describe property in any manner which may sufficiently identify the property, upon or in relation to which the offense charged was committed.    Code 1858, § 5127; Shan., § 7090; mod. Code 1932, § 11635; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1810.
TN Code § 40-13-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-210. Jurisdiction to Support Alleged Judgment

 In pleading a judgment or other determination or proceeding before a court or officer, it is not necessary to state the facts conferring jurisdiction, but the judgment, determination or proceeding may be stated to have been duly given or made, but the facts required to give the jurisdiction shall appear on the trial.   Code 1858, § 5128; Shan., § 7091; Code 1932, § 11636; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1811.
TN Code § 40-13-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-211. Description of Instrument Destroyed or Withheld

 When an instrument which is the subject of an indictment has been destroyed or withheld by the act or procurement of the defendant, and the fact of the destruction or withholding is alleged in the indictment, and established on the trial, the misdescription of the instrument is immaterial.   Code 1858, § 5132; Shan., § 7095; Code 1932, § 11640; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1812.
TN Code § 40-13-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-212. Alleging Fraud

  In all prosecutions for offenses where the fraudulent possession or concealment of the thing constitutes the offense, it shall be sufficient to allege in the indictment that the party charged did fraudulently keep in possession or conceal the thing, without averring the particular species of fraud the party intended to commit or that any particular person was intended to be defrauded.   In indictments, when an intent to injure or defraud the public, and not a particular individual, is required to constitute the offense, it is sufficient to allege an intent to injure or defraud generally, without naming the particular person, state, government or body corporate intended to be defrauded.    Code 1858, §§ 5126, 5134 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 23, §§ 73, 74; 1841-1842, ch. 48, §§ 5, 6); Shan., §§ 7089, 7097; Code 1932, §§ 11634, 11643; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 40-1813, 40-1814.
TN Code § 40-13-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-213. Alleging Perjury

  In an indictment for perjury or subornation of perjury, it is not necessary to set forth in the pleadings either:  Records or proceedings with which the oath is connected; or   The commission or authority of the court or person before whom the perjury was committed.     It is sufficient in a perjury case to give the substance of the controversy or matter in respect to which the offense was committed, in what court or before whom the oath alleged to be false was taken, and that the court or person before whom it was taken had authority to administer it, with proper allegations of the falsity of the matter on which the perjury is assigned.    Code 1858, §§ 5129, 5130 (deriv. 23 George II, ch. 11); Shan., §§ 7092, 7093; Code 1932, §§ 11637, 11638; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1815.
TN Code § 40-13-214 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-214. Alleging Libel

 An indictment for libel need not set forth any extrinsic facts for the purpose of showing the application to the party libeled of the defamatory matter upon which the indictment is founded, but it is sufficient to state generally that defamatory matter was published concerning the person and the fact that it was so published shall be established on trial.   Code 1858, § 5131; Shan., § 7094; Code 1932, § 11639; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1816.
TN Code § 40-13-215 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-215. Alleging Possession of Counterfeit Money

 In indictments for fraudulently keeping in possession or concealing counterfeit money or bank notes, it is not necessary to aver in the indictment that the party charged intended to pass or impose the counterfeit money or bank notes on the community as good money, but it shall appear in proof that the counterfeit money or bank notes were possessed or concealed with the fraudulent intent that they should get into circulation and with a knowledge that they were counterfeit.   Code 1858, § 5135 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 48, § 5); Shan., § 7098; Code 1932, § 11644; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1817.
TN Code § 40-13-216 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-216. Alleging Conspiracy

 Indictments for conspiracy framed under any of the provisions of title 39, chapter 12, part 1 shall not be held insufficient by reason of the general nature of the charges preferred or for embracing more than one (1) of the offenses in the same indictment.
TN Code § 40-13-217 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-217. Alleging Gaming

  All laws made for the prevention, discouraging or suppression of gaming shall be construed as remedial and not penal statutes and no presentment or indictment in such case shall be quashed for want of form.   In presentments and indictments for gaming, it is sufficient to charge the general name of the game at which the defendant or defendants played, without setting forth and describing with or against whom they may have bet or played.   In prosecutions for keeping any gaming table or device under § 39-17-505, it is sufficient to charge that the defendant kept or exhibited, or was interested or concerned in keeping or exhibiting, a gaming table or device for gaming, without describing the table or device more particularly, or alleging in what manner the defendant was concerned in the keeping or exhibiting, or alleging or proving that any money was bet at the gaming table or device.    Code 1858, §§ 4883, 4885, 5136 (deriv. Acts 1824, ch. 5, § 5); Shan., §§ 6819, 6821, 7099; Code 1932, §§ 11292, 11293, 11645; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 40-1819 — 40-1821; Acts 1996, ch. 675, § 27.
TN Code § 40-13-218 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-218. Alleging Dealing in Futures

 In all prosecutions for dealing in futures, no prosecutor shall be required and it is sufficient to charge that the defendant did game, wager or deal in futures, without setting forth with whom the defendant dealt, but the indictment or presentment shall charge a violation of some of the provisions of the section, either in terms or substance.
TN Code § 40-13-219 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-219. Allegations Concerning Intoxicating Liquor

  In the prosecution for the purchase of intoxicating liquor in violation of title 39, chapter 17, part 7, it shall not be necessary to allege in the indictment or presentment or to prove the name of the person from whom the intoxicating liquors were bought.   It shall not be necessary for the second or subsequent indictment or presentment for selling or tippling intoxicating liquors, bitters or other compounds in violation of title 39, chapter 17, part 7, to allege or charge a former indictment or presentment and conviction thereon for the violation. The original indictment or presentment and record of conviction or certified copies of the same from any circuit or criminal court shall be prima facie evidence of a former indictment or presentment and conviction on the indictment or presentment upon the trial for any second or subsequent violation of title 39, chapter 17, part 7.   In any indictment or presentment for receiving, possessing or transporting intoxicants in violation of §§ 39-17-703 — 39-17-706, it shall not be necessary to negate the exceptions contained in those sections, or that the intoxicating liquor was received, possessed, shipped or transported for any of the purposes set out in § 39-17-705, but those exceptions may be relied upon as a defense and the burden of establishing the exception shall be upon the person claiming the benefit of the exception.
TN Code § 40-13-220 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-220. Alleging Grave-Robbing

 The indictment for the offense of unlawfully and willfully digging open a grave, or unlawfully and willfully taking up or carrying away the dead body, or any part of the body, need not specify what grave or whose dead body has been violated or disturbed.   Code 1858, § 5137 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 81, § 2); Shan., § 7100; Code 1932, § 11646; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1826.
TN Code § 40-13-221 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 2 - Form and Sufficiency|§ 40-13-221. Alleging Embezzlement and Breach of Trust

 Any indictment charging a felonious taking or appropriation of the personal property of another, of any value, with intent to convert the property to the use of the defendant and to deprive the true owner of the property, shall be deemed a good and sufficient indictment for embezzlement or fraudulent breach of trust.   Code 1932, § 11642; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1828.
TN Code § 40-13-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 3 - Capias|§ 40-13-301. Capias for More Than One Offense

  When a defendant is indicted for more than one (1) offense of the same class or grade, at the same term of the court, the clerk shall issue but one (1) capias to the same county, which shall specify on its face the number of cases for which the defendant or defendants are indicted, at that term of the court, of the same grade or class.   The sheriff or other officer arresting the defendant or defendants shall, if bail is given, take bond in a sum sufficient to cover all the cases mentioned in the capias.    If the county has the costs to pay, there shall be no fees taxed against the county for the several officers and clerks, but as of one (1) cost.   However, if the defendant pays the costs, the court may order full costs to the several officers as if separate process had been issued and served throughout.
TN Code § 40-13-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 3 - Capias|§ 40-13-302. Bail

  Upon arrest made on a capias, if the offense is bailable, bail may be taken in the manner prescribed in chapter 11, part 1 of this title.   After a defendant is committed to jail under a capias, if the offense is bailable, the defendant may be discharged upon giving bail as prescribed by chapter 11, part 1 of this title.    Code 1858, §§ 5105, 5106 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 37); Shan., §§ 7068, 7069; Code 1932, §§ 11612, 11613; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 40-1905, 40-1906.
TN Code § 40-13-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 3 - Capias|§ 40-13-303. Mailing and Filing of Return

  If served by an officer not of the county to which it is returnable, the return may be made by depositing the capias in any post office, sealed up, directed to the clerk of the court at the courthouse of the originating county with the title of the case endorsed on the envelope and the postage paid.   The undertaking of bail, if any, shall also be returned with each capias.   The postage paid upon process sent by mail shall constitute a part of the bill of costs.   The clerk of the court to whom packages are addressed according to this section shall take them from the post office and file them without delay.    Code 1858, §§ 5108-5111; Shan., §§ 7071-7074; Code 1932, §§ 11615-11618; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 40-1908 — 40-1911.
TN Code § 40-13-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 13 - Indictments|Part 3 - Capias|§ 40-13-304. Failure to Execute Capias

 Any sheriff failing to execute the capias, from want of due diligence, commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Code 1858, § 5112; Shan., § 7075; Code 1932, § 11619; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1912; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 40-14-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-14-101. Speedy Trial — Right to Be Heard

 In all criminal prosecutions, the accused is entitled to a speedy trial and to be heard in person and by counsel.   Code 1858, § 4992 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 1, § 9); Shan., § 6951; Code 1932, § 11492; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2001.
TN Code § 40-14-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-14-102. Right to Counsel

 Every person accused of any crime or misdemeanor whatsoever is entitled to counsel in all matters necessary for the person's defense, as well to facts as to law.   Code 1858, § 5205 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 71); Shan., § 7169; Code 1932, § 11733; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2002.
TN Code § 40-14-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-14-104. Access of Spouse and Counsel

 The defendant's spouse and counsel, whether the counsel is employed by the defendant or appointed by the court, shall be allowed access to the defendant at all reasonable hours.   Code 1858, § 5207; Shan., § 7171; Code 1932, § 11735; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2004.
TN Code § 40-14-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-14-105. Time Before Trial — Noncapital Offenses

 Every person accused of any crime or misdemeanor whatsoever shall be entitled to fourteen (14) full days, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after arrest and the return of the indictment or presentment before being tried for the offense.
TN Code § 40-14-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 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.
TN Code § 40-14-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-14-107. Applicability of Time Allowance — Waiver

  This section and §§ 40-14-105 and 40-14-106 only apply to criminal cases in a court of record.   Nothing in this section, § 40-14-105 or § 40-14-106 shall prevent any person so indicted or presented from waiving the provisions of this section, § 40-14-105 or § 40-14-106.   This section and §§ 40-14-105 and 40-14-106 do not apply to persons entering a plea of guilty.
TN Code § 40-14-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-14-108. Continuance Because of Prejudicial Excitement

 A continuance because of too great excitement to the prejudice of the defendant shall be in the sound discretion of the court.
TN Code § 40-14-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 2 - Counsel for Indigents|§ 40-14-201. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Indigent person” means any person who does not possess sufficient means to pay reasonable compensation for the services of a competent attorney; and   “Public defender” means any attorney appointed or elected under any act of the general assembly or any provision of a metropolitan charter to represent indigent persons accused of crime.
TN Code § 40-14-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 2 - Counsel for Indigents|§ 40-14-203. Scope of Representation

 Any attorney appointed to represent any person under this part shall proceed to counsel with and represent the person at all stages of the proceedings before the court which appointed the attorney and also upon any appeal from the judgment of the court which imposes a prison sentence. Appointed counsel is required to represent the defendant only through the initial appellate review and is not required to pursue the matter through a second tier discretionary appeal by applying to the supreme court for writ of certiorari.
TN Code § 40-14-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 2 - Counsel for Indigents|§ 40-14-204. Proceedings for Writs

 In all proceedings for the writ of habeas corpus or the writ of error coram nobis, the court having jurisdiction of those matters shall determine the question of indigency and appoint counsel, if necessary, in the manner set out in this part.
TN Code § 40-14-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 2 - Counsel for Indigents|§ 40-14-205. Withdrawal of Counsel — Replacement by Court

  The court may, upon good cause shown, permit an attorney appointed under this part to withdraw as counsel of record for the accused. If any attorney is permitted to withdraw, the court shall, in the manner contained in § 40-14-202, immediately appoint another attorney in the former attorney's place.   The court may, upon its own motion, replace any attorney appointed under this part if the court deems replacement of the attorney necessary to preserve the rights of the accused.
TN Code § 40-14-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 2 - Counsel for Indigents|§ 40-14-206. Rules to Be Prescribed by Supreme Court

 The supreme court shall prescribe by rule the nature of the expenses for which reimbursement may be allowed under this part, and the limitations on and conditions for reimbursement as it deems appropriate and in the public interest, subject to this part. The rules shall also specify the form and content of applications for reimbursement or compensation to be filed under this part. The court may adopt other rules with regard to the accomplishment of the purposes of this part as it deems appropriate in the public interest. The rules shall provide for compensation for appointed counsel, not otherwise compensated, in all cases where appointment of counsel is required by law.
TN Code § 40-14-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 2 - Counsel for Indigents|§ 40-14-207. Compensation — Necessary Services for Indigent Defendants

  Other than public defenders and post-conviction defenders, attorneys appointed under this part shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for their services prior to trial, at trial, and during the appeal of the cause and shall be entitled to reimbursement for their reasonable and necessary expenses in accordance with the rules of the supreme court.   In capital cases where the defendant has been found to be indigent by the court of record having jurisdiction of the case, the court in an ex parte  hearing may, in its discretion, determine that investigative or expert services or other similar services are necessary to ensure that the constitutional rights of the defendant are properly protected. If that determination is made, the court may grant prior authorization for these necessary services in a reasonable amount to be determined by the court. The authorization shall be evidenced by a signed order of the court. The order shall provide for the reimbursement of reasonable and necessary expenses by the administrative director of the courts as authorized by this part and rules promulgated thereunder by the supreme court.
TN Code § 40-14-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 2 - Counsel for Indigents|§ 40-14-208. Applications for Reimbursement or Compensation

  Each attorney seeking reimbursement or compensation under this part shall file an application with the trial court stating in detail the nature and amount of the expenses claimed, supporting the claim with receipts showing payment of the expenses and stating the nature and extent of services performed including those in connection with any preliminary hearing.   Any attorney rendering services or incurring expenses incident to any appeal and seeking compensation or reimbursement therefor shall file an application with the appellate court stating in detail the matters required in applications to trial courts and any other information as the rules of the court require.   All applications for compensation or reimbursement shall also state any payments made or to be made to the applicant by or on behalf of the accused, and the court, in fixing compensation, shall take those payments into account.   A certified copy of the court order fixing any compensation or approving any expenses under this part, along with a true copy of the attorney's application, shall be forwarded to the administrative director of the courts, who shall audit and review the order and application, and upon finding payment to be in order, process the payment of compensation and expenses out of money appropriated for that purpose.
TN Code § 40-14-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants|Part 2 - Counsel for Indigents|§ 40-14-209. Reimbursement for Public Defenders

 The state shall reimburse counties, metropolitan governments and municipalities having public defenders for the operation of the public defenders offices in accordance with procedures and subject to the limitations provided in § 8-14-110.