In all criminal prosecutions, except those in which a death sentence may be rendered, jurors shall only be sequestered at the sound discretion of the trial judge, which shall prohibit the jurors from separating at times when they are not engaged upon actual trial or deliberation of the case.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-18-116
Sequestration of jurors
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case State v. Furlough (1990)
Most recently applied in State of Tennessee v. Dale Keith Larkin (March 2013)
Acts 1965, ch. 47, § 1; 1975, ch. 49, § 1; T.C.A., § 40-2528; Acts 1995, ch. 43, § 1; 2002, ch. 741, § 1.
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