Preliminary proceedings
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case STATE of Tennessee v. Kermit PENLEY, Jama Penley (2001)
Most recently applied in STATE of Tennessee v. Kermit PENLEY, Jama Penley (August 2001)
Code 1858, § 4970 (deriv
Judges of the courts of general sessions are authorized and empowered to:
(1) Make the preliminary examination and bind over the reputed father in bastardy cases;
(2) Summon a jury of inquest in cases of death by accident, as provided in § 38-5-103;
(3) Issue a warrant for a prisoner escaped from jail;
(4) Examine persons arrested for a crime;
(5) Bind a defendant over to court if probable cause be found; and
(6) Take bail in bailable offenses brought before the judges.
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.