In all actions of a civil or criminal nature tried before a jury, all parties to the action shall have the right prior to the presentation of any evidence in the case to make an opening statement to the court and jury setting forth their respective contentions, views of the facts and theories of the lawsuit.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-301
Opening statements — Right of parties to make
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State of Tennessee v. Hubert Glenn Sexton (2012)
Most recently applied in State of Tennessee v. Hubert Glenn Sexton (May 2012)
Acts 1969, ch. 90, § 1; T.C.A., § 20-1329.
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.