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Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-3-504 (2026)

Plenary and discretionary powers

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This part shall constitute a broad conference of full, plenary and discretionary power upon the supreme court.

Acts 1970, ch. 422, § 4; T.C.A., § 16-333.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case: Judith Moore-Pennoyer v. State of Tennessee, 515 S.W.3d 271 (Tenn. 2017).
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Judith Moore-Pennoyer v. State of Tennessee, 515 S.W.3d 271 (Tenn. 2017). · cites it 2× “The General Assembly has acknowledged this Court’s “broad conference of full, plenary and discretionary power,” Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-3-504 (2009), and its “general supervisory control over all the inferior courts of the [S]tate,” id § 16-3-501.”
State v. Brown, 644 S.W.2d 418 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “TCA § 16-3-504. The Court has all the inherent powers of a court of last resort.”
Brian Philip Manookian v. Bd. of Prof'l Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee (Tenn. 2024). · cites it 2× “(citing Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-3-504 and 16-3-501 (2009)).”
Brice Cook v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. 2020). “§ 16-3-504 (declaring that the Supreme Court has “a broad conference of full, plenary[,] and discretionary power”).”
Tino C. Sutton v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2024). “Sutton urges the exercise of plenary powers as provided in Tennessee Code Annotated § 16-3-504. That statute is inapposite to the matter at hand, as it confers a “broad conference of full, plenary and discretionary power upon the [Tennessee] supreme court” and not upon this…”
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