Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-14-207 — Compensation - Necessary services for indigent defendants
Tennessee § 40-14-207
JurisdictionTennessee
Title40
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-14-207 (2026).
Text
(a)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.
(b)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 necessa
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State v. Williams
929 S.W.2d 385 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1996)
Thompson v. State
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Alley v. State
958 S.W.2d 138 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1997)
State v. Mann
959 S.W.2d 503 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1998)
State v. Hutchison
898 S.W.2d 161 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1994)
Teague v. State
772 S.W.2d 915 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1988)
State v. West
767 S.W.2d 387 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1989)
State v. Edwards
868 S.W.2d 682 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1993)
State v. Aucoin
756 S.W.2d 705 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1988)
State v. Barnett
909 S.W.2d 423 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1995)
State v. O'GUINN
709 S.W.2d 561 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1986)
Harris v. State
947 S.W.2d 156 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1996)
State v. Harris
866 S.W.2d 583 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1992)
Hourly Compensation Rate of Court Appointed Counsel v. Mathews
937 S.W.2d 842 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1996)
State v. Cameron
909 S.W.2d 836 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1995)
Black v. Bell
181 F. Supp. 2d 832 (M.D. Tennessee, 2001)
State v. Chapman
724 S.W.2d 378 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1986)
Allen v. McWilliams
715 S.W.2d 28 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1986)
Miller v. Bell
655 F. Supp. 2d 838 (E.D. Tennessee, 2009)
Sutton v. Bell
683 F. Supp. 2d 640 (E.D. Tennessee, 2010)
Legislative History
Acts 1965, ch. 217, § 10; 1973, ch. 248, § 1; T.C.A., § 40-2023; Acts 1984, ch. 925, § 1; 1986, ch. 878, §§ 3, 4; 1988, ch. 996, §§ 1-3; 1992, ch. 965, § 2; 1993, ch. 66, §§ 51, 52; 2005, ch. 104, § 1.
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