The circuit court has exclusive original jurisdiction of all crimes and misdemeanors, either at common law or by statute, unless otherwise expressly provided by statute or this code.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-10-102
Criminal jurisdiction
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case State v. Nixon (1997)
Most recently applied in State of Tennessee v. Leonel Lopez, aka Leonel Lopez Ramos (February 2014)
Code 1858, § 4226 (deriv
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