The judges of the courts of general sessions and other similar courts created by statute throughout the state are authorized to issue any and all process in connection with criminal cases disposed of by them and to do all other judicial acts necessary to effectuate the judgments rendered by them in such cases.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-1-110
Judicial acts of general sessions judges
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Smith (1993)
Most recently applied in State of Tennessee v. Charlotte Lynn Frazier And Andrea Parks (September 2018)
Acts 1955, ch. 267, § 2; T.C.A., § 40-119.
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.