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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-305

Especially aggravated kidnapping

Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case In Re Audrey S. (2005)

Most recently applied in State v. Janosky (January 2026)

Acts 1990, ch. 982, § 1.

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(1) Especially aggravated kidnapping is false imprisonment, as defined in § 39-13-302: Accomplished with a deadly weapon or by display of any article used or fashioned to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a deadly weapon;

(2) Where the victim was under the age of thirteen (13) at the time of the removal or confinement;

(3) Committed to hold the victim for ransom or reward, or as a shield or hostage; or

(4) Where the victim suffers serious bodily injury.

(5) Especially aggravated kidnapping is a Class A felony.

(6) If the offender voluntarily releases the victim alive or voluntarily provides information leading to the victim's safe release, such actions shall be considered by the court as a mitigating factor at the time of sentencing.

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.