Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-20-207 — Eligibility of certain drug offenders
Tennessee § 40-20-207
JurisdictionTennessee
Title40
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-20-207 (2026).
Text
Notwithstanding the six (6) year or less sentence limitation of this part, an especially mitigated offender, as defined by § 40-35-109 , or a standard offender, as defined by § 40-35-105 , who is convicted of a violation of § 39-17-417(a) with respect to a controlled substance in an amount less than that set out in § 39-17-417(i) , is eligible for placement in the special alternative incarceration unit as defined and authorized by this part.
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Related
Celso Vilorio Melendez,a/k/a Edwin Canales v. State of Tennessee
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2011)
Legislative History
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 117.
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 40-20-207, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-20-207.