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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-216

First hours served hour for hour

Known as the Tennessee Criminal Sentencing Reform Act

The act spans §§ 40–40 (69 sections).

Acts 1995, ch. 440, § 1; 2013, ch. 154, § 37.

Notwithstanding any other law or judgment of conviction to the contrary, the first forty-eight (48) hours of any sentence that a defendant is permitted to serve on nonconsecutive days, or in any manner other than continuous confinement or day for day, shall be served hour for hour. This section shall only apply to sentences imposed pursuant to § 55-10-402.

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.