Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102 (2026)

Aggravated assault

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Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 440, s 3, eff. 7/1/2023.

Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 440, s 2, eff. 7/1/2023.

Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1136, s 1, eff. 7/1/2022.

Amended by 2020EX2 Tenn. Acts, ch. 3, s 3, eff. 8/20/2020.

Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 485, s 2, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1046, s 1, eff. 7/1/2018.

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 925, Secs.s 3, s 4 eff. 7/1/2018.

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 925, s 2, eff. 7/1/2018.

Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 306, s 1, eff. 7/1/2015.

Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 306, s 2, eff. 7/1/2015.

Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 283, s 1, eff. 7/1/2015.

Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 461, s 1, Sec.s 2, s 2 eff. 7/1/2013.

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1990, ch. 980, § 2; 1990, ch. 1030, §§ 12, 13; 1993, ch. 306, § 1; 1995, ch. 452, § 1; 1996, ch. 830, § 1; 1996, ch. 1009, § 19; 1998, ch. 1049, § 9; 2002, ch. 649, § 2; 2005, ch. 353, § 10; 2009 , ch. 394, § 1; 2009 , ch. 412, § 2; 2010 , ch. 981, § 3; 2011 , ch. 401, § 1.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 791 cases (117 in the last 5 years), 1992–2026 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Michael Smith, 492 S.W.3d 224 (Tenn. 2016).
State of Tennessee v. Michael Smith, 492 S.W.3d 224 (Tenn. 2016). · cites it 18× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102 (c) (Supp. 2009) (emphases added).”
State v. Ivy, 188 S.W.3d 132 (Tenn. 2006). · cites it 16× “As discussed earlier in this opinion, however, we disagree with the Court of Criminal Appeals' implied holding that Rule 804(b)(6) requires that a formal charge or accusation was pending or requires a finding as to a defendant's sole motivation.”
Jeremiah Davis v. United States, 900 F.3d 733 (6th Cir. 2018). · cites it 9× “Compare Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102 (1990), with Tenn.”
State v. Sims, 45 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. 2001). · cites it 4× “Sims previously pleaded guilty and was convicted of aggravated assault under Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-102, which states in pertinent part: (a) A person commits aggravated assault who: (1) Intentionally or knowingly commits an assault as defined in § 39-13-101 and: .”
State of Tennessee v. Christopher Minor, 546 S.W.3d 59 (Tenn. 2018). · cites it 4× “12 3 Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-202 (a)(2) (2014).”
State v. Hammonds, 30 S.W.3d 294 (Tenn. 2000). · cites it 8× “The defendant/appellee was convicted of aggravated assault upon an indictment which charged that on February 23, 1996, in Sullivan County, the defendant “did unlawfully, feloniously, intentionally, and knowingly commit an assault [upon the victim] by using and displaying a…”
State v. Imfeld, 70 S.W.3d 698 (Tenn. 2002). · cites it 3× “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(2)(A) (1997 & Supp.”
State v. Jones, 883 S.W.2d 597 (Tenn. 1994). · cites it 5× “T.CA. §§ 39-13-102 (Supp. 1993), 39-ll-106(a)(2), (33) (1991).”
State v. Smiley, 38 S.W.3d 521 (Tenn. 2001). · cites it 4× “The applicable statute at the time of the offense, Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-102 (Supp. 1995), provides: (a) A person commits aggravated assault who: (1) Intentionally or knowingly commits an assault as defined in § 39-13-101 and: (A) Causes serious bodily injury to another; or (B)…”
State v. Norris, 874 S.W.2d 590 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1993). · cites it 13× “The indictment in this ease charged the defendant with “unlawfully and recklessly” causing serious bodily injury to Lisa Renee Schoggen and Tonya Leigh Hunt in violation of T.C.A. § 39-13-102. A violation of T.C.A.”
State v. Rollins, 188 S.W.3d 553 (Tenn. 2006). · cites it 6× “[15] At the time the defendant committed these offenses, Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-13-102(a) provided that a person commits aggravated assault who: (1) Intentionally or knowingly commits an assault as defined in § 39-13-101 and: (A) causes serious bodily injury to…”
State of Tennessee v. Michael Lebron Branham, 501 S.W.3d 577 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-13-102 (a)(1)(A)(iii), -13-402(a)(1), -14-403, -16-507, -17-1324(b)(1).”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(1)(A) — 2 cases
State v. Flemming, 19 S.W.3d 195 (Tenn. 2000).
State of Tennessee v. Carl Randle (Tenn. Crim. App. 2012).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(2)(A) — 1 case
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a) — 33 cases
State v. Ivy, 188 S.W.3d 132 (Tenn. 2006). “As discussed earlier in this opinion, however, we disagree with the Court of Criminal Appeals' implied holding that Rule 804(b)(6) requires that a formal charge or accusation was pending or requires a finding as to a defendant's sole motivation.”
State v. Hammonds, 30 S.W.3d 294 (Tenn. 2000). “The defendant/appellee was convicted of aggravated assault upon an indictment which charged that on February 23, 1996, in Sullivan County, the defendant “did unlawfully, feloniously, intentionally, and knowingly commit an assault [upon the victim] by using and displaying a…”
State v. Alvarado, 961 S.W.2d 136 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1996).
State v. Rollins, 188 S.W.3d 553 (Tenn. 2006). “[15] At the time the defendant committed these offenses, Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-13-102(a) provided that a person commits aggravated assault who: (1) Intentionally or knowingly commits an assault as defined in § 39-13-101 and: (A) causes serious bodily injury to…”
State v. Nix, 922 S.W.2d 894 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1995).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1) — 27 cases
State v. Winfield, 23 S.W.3d 279 (Tenn. 2000).
State v. Hill, 885 S.W.2d 357 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994).
State v. Pelayo, 881 S.W.2d 7 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994).
State v. Hall, 947 S.W.2d 181 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(2) — 1 case
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(A) — 37 cases
State v. Wilson, 924 S.W.2d 648 (Tenn. 1996).
State v. Carter, 986 S.W.2d 596 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998).
United States v. Timothy White, 455 F. App'x 647 (6th Cir. 2012).
State v. Jones, 341 S.W.3d 318 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010).
State of Tennessee v. William Heath (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(A)(i) — 24 cases
State of Tennessee v. Joseph Tolbert III a/k/a Micah Joshua Ford, 507 S.W.3d 197 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016).
State of Tennessee v. Paul Brent Baxter (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016).
State of Tennessee v. Ricky Lee Palmer (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(A)(ii) — 12 cases
State of Tennessee v. James Shettles (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016).
State of Tennessee v. William Prichard (Tenn. Crim. App. 2019).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(A)(iii) — 41 cases
State of Tennessee v. Jay W. Edwards (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021).
State of Tennessee v. Mark Tiger (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016).
State of Tennessee v. Ramon Curry (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(A)(iv) — 8 cases
State of Tennessee v. Christopher Talley (Tenn. Crim. App. 2018).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(B) — 60 cases
State v. Ivy, 188 S.W.3d 132 (Tenn. 2006). “As discussed earlier in this opinion, however, we disagree with the Court of Criminal Appeals' implied holding that Rule 804(b)(6) requires that a formal charge or accusation was pending or requires a finding as to a defendant's sole motivation.”
State v. Franklin, 130 S.W.3d 789 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2003).
Helton v. Acs Grp., 964 F. Supp. 1175 (E.D. Tenn. 1997).
State v. Cross, 362 S.W.3d 512 (Tenn. 2012).
State v. Koffman, 207 S.W.3d 309 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2006).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(B)(2006) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Stanley Butler (Tenn. Crim. App. 2011).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(B)(i) — 3 cases
State of Tennessee v. Charles Edward Day (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017).
State of Tennessee v. Dennis Miller (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(B)(iii) — 1 case
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(a) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Angela M. Greene (Tenn. Crim. App. 2014).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(ii) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Demp Douglas (Tenn. Crim. App. 2012).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(iii) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Quinton Wilkins (Tenn. Crim. App. 2020).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(iv) — 2 cases
State of Tennessee v. Aaron Hatfield (Tenn. Crim. App. 2019).
State of Tennessee v. Aaron Hatfield (Tenn. Crim. App. 2019).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(2) — 20 cases
State v. Goodwin, 143 S.W.3d 771 (Tenn. 2004).
State v. Rush, 50 S.W.3d 424 (Tenn. 2001).
State v. Gillon, 15 S.W.3d 492 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997).
State v. MacLin, 183 S.W.3d 335 (Tenn. 2006).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(2)(A) — 9 cases
State v. Imfeld, 70 S.W.3d 698 (Tenn. 2002). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(2)(A) (1997 & Supp.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(2)(B) — 5 cases
United States v. Timothy White, 455 F. App'x 647 (6th Cir. 2012).
State of Tennessee v. Dempsey Jackson (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(3) — 1 case
Helton v. Acs Grp., 964 F. Supp. 1175 (E.D. Tenn. 1997).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(c) — 1 case
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(l) — 6 cases
State v. Smiley, 38 S.W.3d 521 (Tenn. 2001). “The applicable statute at the time of the offense, Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-102 (Supp. 1995), provides: (a) A person commits aggravated assault who: (1) Intentionally or knowingly commits an assault as defined in § 39-13-101 and: (A) Causes serious bodily injury to another; or (B)…”
State v. Flemming, 19 S.W.3d 195 (Tenn. 2000).
State v. Adams, 973 S.W.2d 224 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997).
State v. Swift, 308 S.W.3d 827 (Tenn. 2010).
State v. Nelson, 23 S.W.3d 270 (Tenn. 2000).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(l)(A) — 2 cases
State v. Jones, 341 S.W.3d 318 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010).
State of Tennessee v. Larry J. Patterson (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(l)(A)(i) — 1 case
State v. Bonds, 502 S.W.3d 118 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2015).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(l)(A)(iii) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Michael Lebron Branham, 501 S.W.3d 577 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016). “Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-13-102 (a)(1)(A)(iii), -13-402(a)(1), -14-403, -16-507, -17-1324(b)(1).”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(l)(B) — 8 cases
Rashe Moore v. State of Tennessee, 485 S.W.3d 411 (Tenn. 2016).
State v. Pelayo, 881 S.W.2d 7 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994).
State of Tennessee v. Michael W. Parsons, 437 S.W.3d 457 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2011).
State v. Harris, 30 S.W.3d 345 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1999).
State v. Carter, 986 S.W.2d 596 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(l)(b)(1991) — 1 case
State v. Denton, 938 S.W.2d 373 (Tenn. 1996).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(b) — 6 cases
State v. Rollins, 188 S.W.3d 553 (Tenn. 2006). “[15] At the time the defendant committed these offenses, Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-13-102(a) provided that a person commits aggravated assault who: (1) Intentionally or knowingly commits an assault as defined in § 39-13-101 and: (A) causes serious bodily injury to…”
State v. Vick, 242 S.W.3d 792 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2007).
United States v. Terry Adams, 739 F.3d 873 (6th Cir. 2014).
State v. Roberson, 988 S.W.2d 690 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(c) — 19 cases
State of Tennessee v. Michael Smith, 492 S.W.3d 224 (Tenn. 2016). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102 (c) (Supp. 2009) (emphases added).”
State v. Armstrong, 256 S.W.3d 243 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2008).
Helton v. Acs Grp., 964 F. Supp. 1175 (E.D. Tenn. 1997).
United States v. Terrence Bell, 575 F. App'x 598 (6th Cir. 2014).
State of Tennessee v. James McClain (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(d) — 6 cases
State v. Jones, 883 S.W.2d 597 (Tenn. 1994). “T.CA. §§ 39-13-102 (Supp. 1993), 39-ll-106(a)(2), (33) (1991).”
State v. Leggs, 955 S.W.2d 845 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997).
Crowell v. United State of Am. (M.D. Tenn. 2019).
State of Tennessee v. Michael J. McCann (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(d)(1) — 6 cases
Phillips v. United States (E.D. Tenn. 2021).
State of Tennessee v. Phillip W. Dailey (Tenn. Crim. App. 2005).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(d)(1)(A)(i) — 1 case
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(d)(l) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Michael W. Parsons, 437 S.W.3d 457 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2011).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(e)(1) — 5 cases
State v. Swift, 308 S.W.3d 827 (Tenn. 2010).
United States v. White, 683 F. Supp. 2d 617 (M.D. Tenn. 2010).
State of Tennessee v. Billy Joe Anderson (Tenn. Crim. App. 2025).
State of Tennessee v. Aaron Tate (Tenn. Crim. App. 2013).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(e)(1)(A) — 1 case
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(e)(1)(A)(ii) — 8 cases
State of Tennessee v. Paul Brent Baxter (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016).
State of Tennessee v. Mark London (Tenn. Crim. App. 2018).
State of Tennessee v. Serena N. Hammond (Tenn. Crim. App. 2025).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(e)(i)(A) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. William Flynn (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(e)(l) — 1 case
United States v. White, 683 F. Supp. 2d 617 (M.D. Tenn. 2010).
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