Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-38-205 — Impact statement to be part of presentence report - Contents - Number of statements
Tennessee § 40-38-205
JurisdictionTennessee
Title40
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-38-205 (2026).
Text
Prior to imposition of sentence in a felony case, the department of correction shall prepare a written victim impact statement as part of the presentence report on the defendant. The statement shall include applicable information obtained during consultation with the victim or the victim representative. If the victim or victim representative cannot be located or declines to participate in the preparation of the statement, the department shall include a notation to that effect in the statement. If there are multiple victims and preparation of individual victim impact statements is not feasible, the department may submit one (1) or more representative statements.
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Related
State v. Blackhurst
70 S.W.3d 88 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2001)
State v. Moss
13 S.W.3d 374 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1999)
State of Tennessee v. Edward Earl Killgo
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2022)
State of Tennessee v. William Edwin Harris
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2009)
State v. James M. Loveday
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2000)
Legislative History
Acts 1993, ch. 438, § 5.
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Tennessee § 40-38-205, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-38-205.