It is the duty of the district attorney general to endorse on each indictment or presentment, at the term at which the indictment or presentment is found, the names of the witnesses as the district attorney general intends shall be summoned in the cause, and sign each indictment or presentment name thereto.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-17-106
Endorsement of names of witnesses
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Street (1988)
Most recently applied in State v. Kilpatrick (June 2000)
Code 1858, § 5596; Shan., § 7637; Code 1932, § 12266; modified; T.C.A
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