Even though a person is justified under this part in threatening or using force or deadly force against another, the justification afforded by this part is unavailable in a prosecution for harm to an innocent third person who is recklessly injured or recklessly killed by the use of such force.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-604
Reckless injury of innocent third person
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Betts (2022)
Most recently applied in State v. Betts (July 2022)
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 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.