Tennessee Statutes

§ 40-9-105 — Commitment awaiting extradition

Tennessee § 40-9-105

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-9-105 (2026).

Text

If, from the examination before the judge or magistrate, it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and that the person probably committed the crime, and, except in cases arising under § 40-9-113 , that the person has fled from justice, the judge or magistrate must commit the person to jail by a warrant reciting the accusation for a time specified in the warrant as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused gives bail as provided in § 40-9-106 , or until the accused is legally discharged.

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Related

Elliott v. Johnson
816 S.W.2d 332 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1991)
9 case citations
Alberto Eddie Deleon v. State of Tennessee
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2012)

Legislative History

Acts 1951, ch. 240, § 15 (Williams, § 11935.15); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1005.

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