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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-601

Part definitions

Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case United States v. Goodman (2008)

Most recently applied in Silva v. Garland (February 2022)

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1996, ch. 1079, § 125; 2010, ch. 1124, § 3.

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As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Complaining witness” means a person who signs a criminal complaint;

(2) “Custody” means under arrest by a law enforcement officer or under restraint by a public servant pursuant to an order of a court;

(3) “Escape” means unauthorized departure from custody or failure to return to custody following temporary leave for a specific purpose or limited period, but does not include a violation of conditions of probation or parole; and

(4) “Penal institution” includes any institution or facility used to house or detain a person: Convicted of a crime;

(5) Adjudicated delinquent by a juvenile court;

(6) Who is in direct or indirect custody after a lawful arrest; or

(7) When such institution or facility is a court-operated long-term residential substance abuse facility.

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.