Tennessee Statutes
§ 2-19-137 — Violators as witnesses - Exemption from prosecution
Tennessee § 2-19-137
JurisdictionTennessee
Title2
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-137 (2026).
Text
A person offending against any of the provisions of this chapter shall be a competent witness against any other person violating any provisions of this chapter, and may be compelled to attend and testify upon any trial, hearing, proceeding, or investigation in the same manner as any other person, but the testimony so given shall not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person so testifying, except for perjury in giving such testimony, and a person so testifying shall not thereafter be liable to indictment, prosecution, or punishment for the offense with reference to which such testimony was given, and may plead or prove the giving of the testimony accordingly in bar of such an indictment or prosecution.
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Related
State of Tennessee v. Brenda Woods
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2012)
Legislative History
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1945.
Nearby Sections
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§ 2-1-101
Short title§ 2-1-102
Purpose§ 2-1-103
Scope of title§ 2-1-104
Title definitions§ 2-1-105
Voting eligibility§ 2-1-106
Absence from work allowed for voting§ 2-1-108
Filing of required documents§ 2-1-109
Copies of documents - Certification§ 2-1-113
Meetings of boards and commissions§ 2-1-114
Requisites for political parties§ 2-1-115
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 2-19-137, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/2-19-137.