NCJ Number
14055
Date Published
1973
Length
505 pages
Annotation
THE PROPOSED CODES ARE THE FIRST MAJOR REVISION OF THE SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL CRIMINAL LAW OF TENNESSEE SINCE THE CODE OF 1858.
Abstract
NEW FEATURES OF THE CRIMINAL CODE INCLUDE A UNIFICATION OF CRIMINAL LAW, A CODIFICATION OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW, THE CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES AND PUNISHMENTS, THE CONSOLIDATION OF THEFT OFFENSES, AND THE GENERAL REDEFINITION OF OFFENSES. FEATURES OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE INCLUDE PRETRIAL DISCOVERY AND NOTICE, PRETRIAL ADMISSIBILITY RULINGS, APPEALS BY THE STATE ON RULINGS WHICH SUPPRESS EVIDENCE, PRETRIAL RELEASE, BIFURCATED TRIALS AND JURY INSTRUCTIONS, PLEA NEGOTIATION RECOGNITION, AND THE RESTORATION OF CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS FOR EX-OFFENDERS.