by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Tennessee
(a) Consolidation. The court may order consolidation for trial of two or more indictments, presentments, or informations if the offenses and all defendants could have been joined in a single indictment, presentment, or information pursuant to Rule 8.(b) Severance. The...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Tennessee
(a) Noncapital Cases. If the district attorney general intends to seek an enhanced punishment as a multiple, persistent, or career offender, the district attorney general shall file notice of this intention not less than ten (10) days before trial. If the notice is...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Tennessee
Demurrers, pleas, and exceptions for insufficiency of a pleading shall not be used.Tenn. R. Civ. P. 7.03Advisory Commission Comments.7.01: Rule 7.01 adopts the federal practice of cutting off pleadings after complaint and answer, except that a reply or answer by...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Tennessee
(a) Defense of Insanity.(1)Notice of Insanity Defense. A defendant who intends to assert a defense of insanity at the time of the alleged crime shall so notify the district attorney general in writing and file a copy of the notice with the clerk.(2)Timing. Notice...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Tennessee
(1) An application to the court for an order shall be by motion which, unless made during a hearing or trial, shall be made in writing, shall state with particularity the grounds therefor, and shall set forth the relief or order sought. The requirement of writing is...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Tennessee
(a) State’s Request and Defendant’s Notice.(1)State’s Request for Notice of Alibi Defense. A district attorney general who desires disclosure of a potential alibi defense shall serve the defendant with a written request to be notified of an intention...
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