Probation authorized outside jurisdiction of court — Transfer or retention of jurisdiction
Known as the Tennessee Criminal Sentencing Reform Act
The act spans §§ 40–40 (69 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Malone (1995)
Most recently applied in State v. Anderson (July 1999)
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 6.
Whenever a court authorizes a defendant sentenced to supervised probation to reside in this state but outside the jurisdiction of the sentencing court, the court may:
(1) Retain jurisdiction over the defendant; or
(2) Transfer jurisdiction over the defendant to an appropriate court in the jurisdiction in which the defendant will reside. A court to which jurisdiction is transferred shall have the same powers as the sentencing court.
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.