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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-107 (2026)

Endorsement of names of witnesses

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It is the duty of the foreman of the grand jury to endorse on the indictment or, if it is a presentment, on the subpoena the names of the witnesses so sworn by the foreman and sign same officially, but the omission to endorse the names of those witnesses on the indictment or subpoena shall in no case invalidate the finding of the indictment or presentment, if the witnesses were, in point of fact, sworn by the foreman according to law.

Acts 1875, ch. 30, § 2; Shan., § 7054; Code 1932, § 11599; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1708.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: State v. Street, 768 S.W.2d 703 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1988).
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State v. Street, 768 S.W.2d 703 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “2 Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-13-107 provides as follows: Endorsement of names of witnesses.”
State of Tennessee v. Anthony Cornelius Baylis (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024). · cites it 4× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-107 . Defendant bore the burden to make “an affirmative showing that the Grand Jury returned the indictment without hearing witnesses.”
State of Tennessee v. Timothy Dunn (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “See also T.C.A. § 40-13-107; Tenn. R. Crim. P. 16, Advisory Comm’n Cmts.”
State of Tennessee v. Robert Burnette (Tenn. Crim. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “See also T.C.A. § 40-13-107; Tenn. R. Crim. P. 16, Advisory Comm’n Cmts.”
State of Tennessee v. Matthew Perry (Tenn. Crim. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “See also Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-107 ; Tenn. R. Crim.”
Stevie W. Caldwell v. Virginia Lewis, Warden (Tenn. Crim. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-107 . The petitioner cites no authority for the assertion that a state investigator cannot also be a witness before the grand jury, and we note that Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-12-104(a) provides that “[a]ny person having knowledge or proof of…”
Jessie Hodges, Pro Se v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-107 . The indictment sufficiently provided Petitioner with notice of the charged offenses.”
State of Tennessee v. Dejuan Koshief Roberts (Tenn. Crim. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “See also T.C.A. § 40-13-107; Tenn. R. Crim. P. 16, Advisory Comm’n Comts.”
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