Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule of court to the contrary, in all criminal cases the “notice of appeal” document is not jurisdictional and the filing of such document may be waived in the interests of justice. The appropriate appellate court shall be the court that determines whether such a waiver is in the interests of justice.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-1-123
Notice of appeal not jurisdictional
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Crittenden v. State (1998)
Most recently applied in In Re Bentley D. (November 2017)
Acts 1983, ch. 417, § 1.
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.