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Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-13-402

Part definitions

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Opinion of the Justices to the Senate (2002)

Most recently applied in Opinion of the Justices to the Senate (March 2002)

Acts 1994, ch. 1003, § 2.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Attorney general and reporter” means the Tennessee attorney general and reporter;

(2) “Crime” means an offense under the laws of this state resulting in a specific physical, mental, or pecuniary injury, or death, to another person, and includes multiple crimes committed by a defendant;

(3) “Defendant” means a person who: Is convicted of a crime in this state;

(4) Is judged not guilty by reason of insanity;

(5) Pleads nolo contendere to a specific criminal charge; or

(6) Has been formally charged with a crime but is still awaiting trial; and

(7) “Victim” means: A person, not an accomplice of the defendant, who suffers a specific physical, mental, or pecuniary injury as a direct result of a crime; or

(8) The estate of a person who dies as a direct result of a crime.

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.