Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-105

Standard offender

Known as the Tennessee Criminal Sentencing Reform Act

The act spans §§ 40–40 (69 sections).

Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case United States v. Mitchell (2014)

Most recently applied in State of Tennessee v. Kevin Patterson AKA John O'Keefe Varner AKA John O'Keefe Kitchen (November 2017)

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 6; 1994, ch. 994, § 2.

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(1) A standard offender is a defendant not sentenced as: A multiple offender, as defined by § 40-35-106;

(2) A persistent offender, as defined by § 40-35-107;

(3) A career offender, as defined by § 40-35-108;

(4) An especially mitigated offender, as defined by § 40-35-109; or

(5) A repeat violent offender, as defined by § 40-35-120.

(6) The sentence for a standard offender is within Range I.

(7) If the judgment of conviction does not include a sentence range, it shall be returned to the sentencing court to be completed.

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.