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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-303 (2026)

Kidnapping

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Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; T.C.A., § 39-13-302; Acts 1990, ch. 982, § 1; 2008, ch. 1140, § 4.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 70 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1991–2025 · leading case: United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019).
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United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019). “" Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-303 (a) (2018) (emphasis added).”
State v. White, 362 S.W.3d 559 (Tenn. 2012). · cites it 3× “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-303(a) (Supp.2008).”
State of Tennessee v. Detrick Cole, 155 S.W.3d 885 (Tenn. 2005). · cites it 4× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-401 (a). Kidnapping is false imprisonment of the victim under circumstances which expose the victim to a substantial risk of bodily injury.”
State v. Morris, 24 S.W.3d 788 (Tenn. 2000). · cites it 4× “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-303 (1991)(rape); Tenn.”
State of Tennessee v. Howard Hawk Willis, 496 S.W.3d 653 (Tenn. 2016). · cites it 2× “at § 39-13-303(a) (Supp. 2002). ―A person commits the offense of false imprisonment who knowingly removes or confines another unlawfully so as to interfere substantially with the other‘s liberty.”
State of Tennessee v. Terrance Antonio Cecil, 409 S.W.3d 599 (Tenn. 2013). · cites it 3× “), while the increasingly serious levels of kidnapping consist of false imprisonment plus a combination of aggravating factors, such as a risk of bodily injury or use of a deadly weapon, that may elevate the crime to kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, or especially aggravated…”
State of Tennessee v. Jerome Maurice Teats, 468 S.W.3d 495 (Tenn. 2015). · cites it 4× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-303 (2008). Aggravated kidnapping, a Class B felony, is a false imprisonment committed: (1) To facilitate the commission of any felony or flight thereafter; (2) To interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function; (3) With the…”
State of Tennessee v. Larry Jereller Alston, Kris Theotis Young, & Joshua Edward Webb, 465 S.W.3d 555 (Tenn. 2015). · cites it 4× “6 Kidnapping is proscribed at three levels under our statutory scheme, with each level based upon the definition of false imprisonment.”
United States v. Marlon Flores-Granados, 783 F.3d 487 (4th Cir. 2015). · cites it 3× “01 ; Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 39-13-303, -304, -305; Tex.”
State v. Cozart, 54 S.W.3d 242 (Tenn. 2001). · cites it 2× “…risk of bodily injury; or (2) Where the confinement of another is in a condition of involuntary servitude.” Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-303.”
United States v. Moreno-Florean, 542 F.3d 445 (5th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “3d 310 (determining that Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-303 qualified); see also United States v.”
United States v. Gonzalez-Ramirez, 477 F.3d 310 (5th Cir. 2007). · cites it 2× “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 39-13-303,-304,-305 (2003).”
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— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-303(a) — 22 cases
State v. White, 362 S.W.3d 559 (Tenn. 2012). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-303(a) (Supp.2008).”
State of Tennessee v. Howard Hawk Willis, 496 S.W.3d 653 (Tenn. 2016). “at § 39-13-303(a) (Supp. 2002). ―A person commits the offense of false imprisonment who knowingly removes or confines another unlawfully so as to interfere substantially with the other‘s liberty.”
State v. Richardson, 251 S.W.3d 438 (Tenn. 2008).
State v. Henretta, 325 S.W.3d 112 (Tenn. 2010).
State v. Bell, 512 S.W.3d 167 (Tenn. 2015).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-303(a)(1) — 7 cases
State of Tennessee v. Terrance Antonio Cecil, 409 S.W.3d 599 (Tenn. 2013). “), while the increasingly serious levels of kidnapping consist of false imprisonment plus a combination of aggravating factors, such as a risk of bodily injury or use of a deadly weapon, that may elevate the crime to kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, or especially aggravated…”
State of Tennessee v. Michael E. Stewart (Tenn. Crim. App. 2009).
Julius Jones v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2008).
State of Tennessee v. Detrick Cole (Tenn. Crim. App. 2003).
State of Tennessee v. Antonius Harris (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-303(a)(2) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Evangeline Combs & Joseph D. Combs (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-303(a)(l) — 2 cases
State of Tennessee v. Detrick Cole, 155 S.W.3d 885 (Tenn. 2005). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-401 (a). Kidnapping is false imprisonment of the victim under circumstances which expose the victim to a substantial risk of bodily injury.”
State v. Kern, 909 S.W.2d 5 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1993).
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