Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-18-116 — Sequestration of jurors
Tennessee § 40-18-116
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-18-116 (2026).
Text
In all criminal prosecutions, except those in which a death sentence may be rendered, jurors shall only be sequestered at the sound discretion of the trial judge, which shall prohibit the jurors from separating at times when they are not engaged upon actual trial or deliberation of the case.
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State v. Jackson
173 S.W.3d 401 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2005)
State v. McKay
680 S.W.2d 447 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1984)
State v. Furlough
797 S.W.2d 631 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1990)
State v. Robinson
971 S.W.2d 30 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1997)
State of Tennessee v. Dale Keith Larkin
443 S.W.3d 751 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2013)
State v. Bondurant
4 S.W.3d 662 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1999)
State v. Vaughan
144 S.W.3d 391 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2003)
State of Tennessee v. William Henry Vaughn, IV
144 S.W.3d 391 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2003)
King v. Bell
392 F. Supp. 2d 964 (M.D. Tennessee, 2005)
Jones v. State
915 S.W.2d 1 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1996)
Powell v. Rose
581 F. Supp. 60 (M.D. Tennessee, 1983)
Antonio D. Alexander v. State of Tennessee
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2015)
State of Tennessee v. Joshua Hunter Bargery
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2017)
State of Tennessee v. Johnny Owens and Sarah Owens
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2002)
State v. Walker
703 S.W.2d 182 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1985)
State of Tennessee v. Joey Lee Goins
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2010)
State of Tennessee v. Kevin Patterson aka John O'Keefe Varner aka John O'Keefe Kitchen
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2016)
Michael D. Green v. State of Tennessee
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2013)
State of Tennessee v. Christopher Lewis
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2013)
State of Tennessee v. Antonio Sanders
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2005)
Legislative History
Acts 1965, ch. 47, § 1; 1975, ch. 49, § 1; T.C.A., § 40-2528; Acts 1995, ch. 43, § 1; 2002, ch. 741, § 1.
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