Tennessee Statutes

§ 40-6-305 — Interception of communications for evidence of certain crimes

Tennessee § 40-6-305

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-305 (2026).

Text

A district attorney general may apply to a judge of competent jurisdiction for, and the judge may grant, in conformity with § 40-6-304 , an order authorizing the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications by investigative or law enforcement officers having responsibility for the investigation of the offense as to which the application is made when interception may provide evidence of:

(1)The commission of criminal homicide, as defined in § 39-13-201 ;
(2)Criminal conspiracy, as defined in § 39-12-103 , to commit criminal homicide;
(3)The commission of a violation of § 39-17-417(j) ;
(4)The commission of, or conspiracy to commit, a criminal gang offense by a criminal gang member, as defined in § 40-35-121 ; or (5) The commission of trafficking a person for a commercial sex

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Related

State v. Moore
309 S.W.3d 512 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2009)
11 case citations
State of Tennessee v. Jeffrey Kristopher King and Kasey Lynn King
437 S.W.3d 856 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2013)
10 case citations
State of Tennessee v. Eric Tyre Patton
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2022)

Legislative History

Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 435,s 1, eff. 7/1/2015. Acts 1994, ch. 964, § 6; 1996, ch. 680, § 1; 2011, ch. 493, § 1.

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