Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-117

Applicability of chapter

Known as the Tennessee Criminal Sentencing Reform Act

The act spans §§ 40–40 (69 sections).

Applied in 21 court decisions — leading case State v. Pearson (1993)

Most recently applied in Danny A. Stewart v. Derrick D. Schofield, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Correction (May 2012)

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 6.

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(1) All persons who commit crimes on or after November 1, 1989, shall be tried and sentenced under this chapter.

(2) Unless prohibited by the United States or Tennessee constitutions, any person sentenced on or after November 1, 1989, for an offense committed between July 1, 1982, and November 1, 1989, shall be sentenced under this chapter.

(3) For all persons who committed crimes prior to July 1, 1982, prior law shall apply and remain in full force and effect in every respect, including, but not limited to, sentencing, parole and probation.

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.