Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-27-106 — Commutation on certificate of supreme court
Tennessee § 40-27-106
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-27-106 (2026).
Text
The governor may, likewise, commute the punishment from death to imprisonment for life, upon the certificate of the supreme court, entered on the minutes of the court, that in its opinion, there were extenuating circumstances attending the case, and that the punishment ought to be commuted.
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Related
Workman v. State
22 S.W.3d 807 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2000)
Coe v. State
17 S.W.3d 249 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2000)
Legislative History
Code 1858, §5259; Shan., § 7234; Code 1932, § 11840; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3506.
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Tennessee § 40-27-106, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-27-106.