Tennessee Statutes
§ 39-13-217 — Priority in case docketing
Tennessee·Title 39
The trial courts of this state and the Tennessee supreme court shall give first priority in docketing to cases where the state has given notice of intent to seek the death penalty pursuant to Rule 12.3(b) of the Rules of Criminal Procedure, or the defendant has been sentenced to death.
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Legislative History
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 140,s 4, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1995, ch. 338, § 1.
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