Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-14-106 — Time before trial - Capital offenses
Tennessee·Title 40
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.
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Legislative History
Acts 1949, ch. 189, § 2; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 11736.1 (Williams, § 11760.2); Acts 1976, ch. 482, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2006.
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