Tennessee Statutes
§ 39-13-201 — Criminal homicide
Tennessee § 39-13-201
JurisdictionTennessee
Title39
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-201 (2026).
Text
Criminal homicide is the unlawful killing of another person, which may be first degree murder, second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide or vehicular homicide.
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State v. Brown
836 S.W.2d 530 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1992)
State v. Pike
978 S.W.2d 904 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1998)
State v. Hall
958 S.W.2d 679 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1997)
State v. Gentry
881 S.W.2d 1 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1993)
State v. Trusty
919 S.W.2d 305 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1996)
State v. Bordis
905 S.W.2d 214 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1995)
State v. Nichols
24 S.W.3d 297 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2000)
State of Tennessee v. Jessie Dotson
450 S.W.3d 1 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2014)
State v. Addison
973 S.W.2d 260 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1997)
State v. Pulliam
950 S.W.2d 360 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1996)
State v. Elder
982 S.W.2d 871 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1998)
State v. Rosa
996 S.W.2d 833 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1999)
State v. Schafer
973 S.W.2d 269 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1997)
Derek Williamson v. State of Tennessee
476 S.W.3d 405 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2015)
Armstrong v. Washburn
(W.D. Tennessee, 2020)
Douglas v. United States
(W.D. Tennessee, 2024)
Hall v. United States
(M.D. Tennessee, 2021)
Milton v. United States
(W.D. Tennessee, 2022)
Williamson v. United States
(M.D. Tennessee, 2021)
State of Tennessee v. Brandon Scott Donaldson
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2022)
Legislative History
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1991, ch. 377, § 1; 1995, ch. 460, § 3.
Nearby Sections
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§ 39-11-101
Objectives of criminal code§ 39-11-102
Effect of criminal code§ 39-11-103
Territorial jurisdiction§ 39-11-104
Construction of criminal code§ 39-11-105
Computation of age§ 39-11-106
Title definitions§ 39-11-109
Prosecution under more than one statute§ 39-11-110
Felonies and misdemeanors distinguished§ 39-11-115
Determination of value§ 39-11-117
Classification of first degree murder§ 39-11-118
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 39-13-201, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/39-13-201.