No period during which the party charged conceals the fact of the crime, or during which the party charged was not usually and publicly resident within the state, is included in the period of limitation.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-2-103
Period of concealment of crime or absence from state
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Overton v. State (1994)
Most recently applied in Martinez v. United States (July 2016)
Code 1858, § 4988; Shan., § 6947; mod
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