Exception
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Dominy (1999)
Most recently applied in State v. Dominy (November 1999)
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1990, ch. 1030, § 4.
(1) An exception to an offense in this title is so labeled by the phrase: “It is an exception to the application of …,” or words of similar import.
(2) Unless the statute defining an offense states to the contrary, the state need not negate the existence of an exception in the charge alleging commission of the offense.
(3) An exception to be relied upon by a person must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence.
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.