Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-20-105 — Plea of guilty - Waiver of jury
Tennessee § 40-20-105
JurisdictionTennessee
Title40
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-20-105 (2026).
Text
Nothing in § 40-20-104 shall prevent any person indicted or presented in a court of record for the alleged commission of any misdemeanor as set out in that section from pleading guilty and submitting the case to the trial judge for assessment of punishment; nor shall anything in § 40-20-104 prevent a person, upon a plea of not guilty, from waiving the right to a trial by jury and submitting the case to the trial judge for decision both as to guilt and punishment.
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Related
State v. Durso
645 S.W.2d 753 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1983)
State v. David Black
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2001)
Legislative History
Acts 1947, ch. 82, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 11765 (Williams, § 11760.1); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2705; Acts 1996, ch. 675, § 32.
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 40-20-105, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-20-105.