Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-9-115 — Demand for person held on charge of crime in Tennessee
Tennessee § 40-9-115
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-9-115 (2026).
Text
If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against the person under the laws of this state and is still pending, the governor, at the governor's discretion, either may surrender the person on the demand of the executive authority of another state, or may hold the person until the person has been tried and discharged, or convicted and punished in this state.
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Related
State ex rel. Young v. Rose
670 S.W.2d 238 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1984)
Yates v. Gilless
841 S.W.2d 332 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1992)
Legislative History
Acts 1951, ch. 240, § 19 (Williams, § 11935.19); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1015.
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Tennessee § 40-9-115, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-9-115.