(1) “Carjacking” is the intentional or knowing taking of a motor vehicle from the possession of another by use of: A deadly weapon; or
(2) Force or intimidation.
(3) Carjacking is a Class B felony.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-404
Carjacking
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Harris v. State (1999)
Most recently applied in Shropshire v. United States (April 2017)
Acts 1995, ch. 331, § 1.
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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.