No person shall be put to answer any criminal charge, but by presentment, indictment or impeachment; provided, that, in accordance with this chapter, an accused represented by an attorney may waive the right to be tried upon presentment or indictment and consent to prosecution by information.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-3-101
Methods enumerated
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case State v. Utley (1997)
Most recently applied in Benson v. State (January 2005)
Code 1858, § 4989; Shan., § 6948; mod
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