Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-102 (2026)
Incompetent persons
✓ current as of May 2026
The following persons are incompetent to act as jurors:
- (1) Persons convicted of a felony or any other infamous offense in a court of competent jurisdiction; or
- (2) Persons convicted of perjury or subornation of perjury.
Acts 2008, ch. 1159, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases, 1988–2015 · leading case: State v. Reid, 164 S.W.3d 286 (Tenn. 2005).
State v. Reid, 164 S.W.3d 286 (Tenn. 2005). “Appellant's brief and the appellate record are devoid of any evidence that appellant was prejudiced by the trial court's failure to require the State to provide appellant with information regarding the past performance of prospective jurors.”
State v. Hugueley, 185 S.W.3d 356 (Tenn. 2006). “[15] Defendant avers in this appeal that "[b]ased on Barry Watkins's own testimony that he was not allowed to own a gun and that an Aggravated Robbery was cleared up several years earlier, one could surmise that this juror was in fact a convicted felon.”
State v. Holton, 126 S.W.3d 845 (Tenn. 2004). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 22-1-102 (1994); State v.”
State v. Bell, 745 S.W.2d 858 (Tenn. 1988). “Defendant claims error on the part of the trial court in not striking the jury venire because application of the exemption statute, TCA § 22-1-102, et seq., deprived him of an impartial jury drawn from a cross-section of the community.”
State v. Lynn, 924 S.W.2d 892 (Tenn. 1996). “2d at 860-861 (upholding Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 22-1-102 et seq. (1994 Repl.”
In Re: Application of Tony Cox (seeking to qualify as agent for Memphis Bonding) & State of Tennessee v. Cheryl D. Gray & Samuel R. Brisco, 389 S.W.3d 794 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2012). “Examples of specific disability statutes include the following: the loss of the right to serve as a juror, see T.C.A. § 22-1-102; the loss of the right to serve as a bondsman or bondsman’s agent, see id.”
United States v. White, 808 F. Supp. 586 (M.D. Tenn. 1992). “The felon’s right to serve on a jury is governed by T.C.A. § 22-1-102. That statute reads in part: (a) The following persons are incompetent to act as jurors: (1) Persons convicted of certain infamous offenses, specially designated in this code.”
Billy Walker v. United States, 800 F.3d 720 (6th Cir. 2015). “2008) (classing “serving as a juror” among the “rights of citizenship” affected by a conviction); Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-102 (providing that convicted felons lose their right to serve on a jury); State v.”
State of Tennessee v. Paul Dennis Reid, Jr. (Tenn. Crim. App. 2003). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-102 (a)(1), (4). In making his argument, appellant notes that jury service is a right secured to all citizens under the federal and state constitutions.”
State v. Freddie Morrow & Damien Darden (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998). “He argues that Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-102 excludes “[p]ersons of -15- unsound mind and habitual drunkards” from jury service.”
State of Tennessee v. Arthur T. Copeland (Tenn. Crim. App. 2005). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-102 (a) (1994). As we have mentioned earlier in this opinion, when a defendant is entitled to a jury trial, the jury must be selected from a cross-representative pool of prospective jurors.”
Kenneth Dewayne Johnson v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2014). “See T.C.A. § 22-1-102(1); Tenn. R. Crim. P. 6(g)(2).”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-102(1) — 1 case
Kenneth Dewayne Johnson v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2014). “See T.C.A. § 22-1-102(1); Tenn. R. Crim. P. 6(g)(2).”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-102(a) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Arthur T. Copeland (Tenn. Crim. App. 2005). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-102 (a) (1994). As we have mentioned earlier in this opinion, when a defendant is entitled to a jury trial, the jury must be selected from a cross-representative pool of prospective jurors.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-102(a)(1) — 1 case
State v. Reid, 164 S.W.3d 286 (Tenn. 2005). “Appellant's brief and the appellate record are devoid of any evidence that appellant was prejudiced by the trial court's failure to require the State to provide appellant with information regarding the past performance of prospective jurors.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-102(a)(2) — 1 case
State v. Hugueley, 185 S.W.3d 356 (Tenn. 2006). “[15] Defendant avers in this appeal that "[b]ased on Barry Watkins's own testimony that he was not allowed to own a gun and that an Aggravated Robbery was cleared up several years earlier, one could surmise that this juror was in fact a convicted felon.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-102(b) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Mark Anthony Foulk (Tenn. Crim. App. 2009).
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