Classification of first degree murder
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State of Tennessee v. Christopher Minor (2018)
Most recently applied in State of Tennessee v. Christopher Minor (April 2018)
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.
(1) For the purposes of classification of other offenses, first degree murder is one (1) class above Class A.
(2) Attempted first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder are Class A felonies.
(3) Solicitation to commit first degree murder is a Class B felony.
(4) For the sole and exclusive purpose of determining the classification of prior offenses under sentencing guidelines, first degree murder is considered a Class A offense.
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.