Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-3-105 — Prosecution for same offense in both state and municipal court prohibited
Tennessee·Title 40
(a)Whenever the commission of any act or the omission to act under certain circumstances constitutes both a violation of state law and a violation of municipal law, notwithstanding the fact that different penalties are provided, no person shall be prosecuted in both a state court and a municipal court for the same offense.
(b)A dismissal on the merits, acquittal or conviction of the offense in one (1) court, pleaded and shown, shall be a bar to prosecution for the offense in the other court.
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Legislative History
Acts 1971, ch. 183, § 1; 1972, ch. 659, § 1; T.C.A., § 40-305.
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