Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434 (2026)

Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of methamphetamines

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(a) It is an offense for a defendant to knowingly:
- (1) Manufacture methamphetamine;
- (2) Deliver methamphetamine;
- (3) Sell methamphetamine; or
- (4) Possess methamphetamine with intent to manufacture, deliver or sell methamphetamine.

(b) It is an offense for a person to knowingly possess or casually exchange methamphetamine.

(c) If the violation is for methamphetamine, the defendant shall be charged, indicted, prosecuted and convicted under this section rather than §§ 39-17-417 or 39-17-418.

(d) Any reference in Tennessee Code Annotated that provides a penalty, forfeiture, punishment, fine, disability or other adverse effect for a violation of §§ 39-17-417 or 39-17-418, shall be considered to apply to a conviction under this section if the violation involves methamphetamine.

(e)
- (1) A violation of subsection (a) shall be punished as provided in § 39-17-417.
- (2) A violation of subsection (b) shall be punished as provided in § 39-17-418.

Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 904,s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 36 cases (24 in the last 5 years), 2017–2026 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Janet Michelle Stanfield, Tony Alan Winsett & Justin Bradley Stanfield, 554 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. 2018).

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State of Tennessee v. Janet Michelle Stanfield, Tony Alan Winsett & Justin Bradley Stanfield, 554 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-17-434 (a)(4) ; 39-17-1307(b)(1) (West 2015); 39-17-425(a).”

State of Tennessee v. Kayla Danielle Skillern (Tenn. Crim. App. 2019). · cites it 7× “See T.C.A. § 39-17-434 (2018). She received a sentence of ten and one-half years’ confinement.”

State of Tennessee v. Richard Lebron Madden, Sr. (Tenn. Crim. App. 2018). · cites it 6× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434 (a)(4). If the amount of methamphetamine involved is 0.”

State of Tennessee v. Jermaine Mitchell Gray (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024). · cites it 6× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434 (a)(3). At trial, Alex Davis, formerly a drug task force agent for the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, testified that N.”

State of Tennessee v. Forrest Ray Hester (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024). · cites it 6× “§ 39-17-434(e)(1) (“A violation of [Code section 39-17-434(a)] shall be punished as provided in § 39-17-417.”

State of Tennessee v. Brandon Tylor Mulac (Tenn. Crim. App. 2025). · cites it 6× “[p]ossess a controlled substance with intent to manufacture, deliver or sell the controlled substance.”). A violation that involves “[t]hree hundred (300) grams or more of any substance containing amphetamine or methamphetamine or any salt of an optical isomer of amphetamine or…”

State of Tennessee v. Torry Holland (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “” The terms of the plea agreement as well as the judgment form provide for a sentence 1 Offenses related to the manufacture, sale, or delivery or the possession with intent to sell or deliver methamphetamine are now located in Code section 39-17-434. See T.C.A. § 39-17-434(c)…”

State of Tennessee v. Joseph Howard Hinson, III (Tenn. Crim. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434 (a)(3). If the transaction occurs “within the prohibited zone of a preschool, childcare center, public library, recreational center or park,” the offender is subject to an increased fine but not to an increased classification of offense.”

Winford Paul Wilhoite v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021). · cites it 4× “1 See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-17-434 , 39- 17-418, 39-17-425, 39-16-301, 55-50-504.”

State of Tennessee v. Douglas E. Linville (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021). · cites it 4× “Regarding count four, “[i]t is an offense for a person to knowingly possess or casually exchange a controlled substance.”

State of Tennessee v. Jason Matthew Campbell (Tenn. Crim. App. 2022). · cites it 4× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434 (a)(4). If the amount of methamphetamine involved is 0.”

State of Tennessee v. Corey Young (Tenn. Crim. App. 2022). · cites it 4× “For Count 2, a Class A felony, the State had to establish that the Defendant knowingly possessed three hundred grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and that the violation occurred within one thousand feet of the real property comprising a school.”

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— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434(a) — 2 cases

State of Tennessee v. Forrest Ray Hester (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024). “§ 39-17-434(e)(1) (“A violation of [Code section 39-17-434(a)] shall be punished as provided in § 39-17-417.”

State of Tennessee v. Marvin M. Green (Tenn. Crim. App. 2025).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434(a)(2) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Forrest Ray Hester (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024). “§ 39-17-434(e)(1) (“A violation of [Code section 39-17-434(a)] shall be punished as provided in § 39-17-417.”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434(a)(3) — 4 cases

State of Tennessee v. Kayla Danielle Skillern (Tenn. Crim. App. 2019). “See T.C.A. § 39-17-434 (2018). She received a sentence of ten and one-half years’ confinement.”

State of Tennessee v. Jesus Alfonso Castillo (Tenn. Crim. App. 2020).

State of Tennessee v. Jermaine Mitchell Gray (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434 (a)(3). At trial, Alex Davis, formerly a drug task force agent for the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, testified that N.”

State of Tennessee v. Terrance K. Martin (Tenn. Crim. App. 2025).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434(a)(4) — 11 cases

State of Tennessee v. Douglas E. Linville (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021). “Regarding count four, “[i]t is an offense for a person to knowingly possess or casually exchange a controlled substance.”

State of Tennessee v. Corey Young (Tenn. Crim. App. 2022). “For Count 2, a Class A felony, the State had to establish that the Defendant knowingly possessed three hundred grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and that the violation occurred within one thousand feet of the real property comprising a school.”

State of Tennessee v. William Scott Hunley (Tenn. Crim. App. 2019).

State of Tennessee v. Cedric Dante Harris (Tenn. Crim. App. 2019).

State of Tennessee v. William Darnell Richardson (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434(c) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Torry Holland (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017). “” The terms of the plea agreement as well as the judgment form provide for a sentence 1 Offenses related to the manufacture, sale, or delivery or the possession with intent to sell or deliver methamphetamine are now located in Code section 39-17-434. See T.C.A. § 39-17-434(c)…”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-434(e)(1) — 1 case

State of Tennessee v. Forrest Ray Hester (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024). “§ 39-17-434(e)(1) (“A violation of [Code section 39-17-434(a)] shall be punished as provided in § 39-17-417.”

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