Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (2026)
Prohibited uses of sexual assault forensic evidence
✓ current as of May 2026
Sexual assault forensic evidence obtained pursuant to § 39-13-519 may not be used:
- (1) To prosecute a sexual assault victim for any misdemeanor offense or any offense defined under title 39, chapter 17, part 4; or
- (2) As a basis to search for further evidence of any unrelated misdemeanor offense or any offense defined under title 39, chapter 17, part 4, that may have been committed by the sexual assault victim.
Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 362, s 8, eff. 5/11/2021.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 1997–2010 · leading case: State v. Dominy, 6 S.W.3d 472 (Tenn. 1999).
State v. Dominy, 6 S.W.3d 472 (Tenn. 1999). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (1991 Repl.). The trial court disagreed.”
State v. Dominy, 67 S.W.3d 822 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (b) (1991). The trial court based the dismissal upon the state’s failure to join the charges with aggravated rape charges contained in a previous indictment.”
State of Tennessee v. Terry Allen Dominy (Tenn. 1999). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (1991 Repl.).”
State v. Gary Eugene Aldridge (Tenn. Crim. App. 1999). “We note that Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (b) and (c) do not define new and separate offenses apart from the sexual offenses by a non-spouse contained in Tenn.”
State of Tennessee v. Larry Adams (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (c)(1)(A) (2003).”
State of Tennessee v. Carl G. Boone (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010). “]” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (c)(1)(A) (1991) (repealed 2005).”
State v. Terry Dominy (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997). “Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (a), one cannot commit aggravated rape or rape if the victim is his or her legal spouse.”
State of Tennessee v. Michael Ward, II (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (c)(1). Likewise, especially aggravated kidnapping may be proven by evidence of serious bodily injury, but it also requires that the defendant falsely imprison the victim.”
State of Tennessee v. James Kimbrough (Tenn. Crim. App. 2005). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (2)(A) (2003).”
State of Tennessee v. Roland R. Smith (Tenn. Crim. App. 2005). “§ 39-13-507(a). The Defendant contends that the proof at trial established that the Defendant and T.”
State v. Terry Dominy (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997). “§ 39-13-507 (b)(1)(A). The only remaining element of spousal rape is the legal marriage.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507(a) — 3 cases
State v. Dominy, 6 S.W.3d 472 (Tenn. 1999). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (1991 Repl.). The trial court disagreed.”
State v. Dominy, 67 S.W.3d 822 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (b) (1991). The trial court based the dismissal upon the state’s failure to join the charges with aggravated rape charges contained in a previous indictment.”
State of Tennessee v. Roland R. Smith (Tenn. Crim. App. 2005). “§ 39-13-507(a). The Defendant contends that the proof at trial established that the Defendant and T.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507(b)(1)(A) — 2 cases
State v. Dominy, 6 S.W.3d 472 (Tenn. 1999). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (1991 Repl.). The trial court disagreed.”
State v. Gary Eugene Aldridge (Tenn. Crim. App. 1999). “We note that Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (b) and (c) do not define new and separate offenses apart from the sexual offenses by a non-spouse contained in Tenn.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507(c)(1) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Michael Ward, II (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-507 (c)(1). Likewise, especially aggravated kidnapping may be proven by evidence of serious bodily injury, but it also requires that the defendant falsely imprison the victim.”
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