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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-20-101

Judgment after verdict — Modification of verdict

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Berry (2015)

Most recently applied in State v. Berry (November 2015)

Code 1858, § 5225; Shan., § 7198; Code 1932, § 11761; Acts 1972, ch. 591, § 1; T.C.A

(1) After a verdict against the defendant, if the judgment is not arrested or a new trial granted, the court shall pronounce judgment.

(2) If, in the pronouncement of a judgment where a defendant has been retried either following an order granting a retrial by a court of this state or in obedience to a decision of a court of the United States, it becomes necessary that the jury's verdict be modified to prevent a sentence on the second trial being greater than the verdict pronounced at the first trial, then the trial court is authorized to modify the jury's verdict and pronounce judgment accordingly.

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.