There is created and established an appellate court in this state to be designated and styled the court of criminal appeals of Tennessee.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-5-101
Court of criminal appeals established
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Overnite Transportation Co. v. Teamsters Local Union No. 480 (2005)
Most recently applied in John Jay Hooker v. Governor Bill Haslam (March 2014)
Acts 1967, ch. 226, § 1; T.C.A., § 16-441.
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Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.