Rule 59 – Effective Date

by | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Tennessee

These rules take effect ninety (90) days subsequent to their approval by the General Assembly and the Governor. They govern all criminal proceedings thereafter commenced, and so far as just and practicable, all proceedings then pending.Tenn. R. Crim. P. 59Advisory...

Rule 51 – Exceptions Unnecessary

by | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Tennessee

(a) Exceptions Unnecessary. Exceptions to rulings or orders of the court are unnecessary.(b) Preserving Error for Appeal. For all purposes for which an exception has heretofore been necessary, it is sufficient that a party-at the time the ruling or order of the court...