No person can be committed to prison for any criminal matter until examination thereof is first had before some magistrate.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-5-103
Examination required before commitment
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Jenkins v. Chief Justice of the District Court Department (1993)
Most recently applied in Jenkins v. CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT DEPT. (September 1993)
Code 1858, § 5017 (deriv
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