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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-111 (2024)

Inspection of indictment before arrest

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When an indictment is found against any person not in actual custody or who has not given bail to answer to the indictment, that indictment shall not be inspected by any person except the judge and clerk of the court and the district attorney general until the defendant has been arrested.

Code 1858, § 5099; Shan., § 7061; Code 1932, § 11605; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1714.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1996–2018 · leading case: State v. Wood, 924 S.W.2d 342 (Tenn. 1996).
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State v. Wood, 924 S.W.2d 342 (Tenn. 1996). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 40-13-111 , -112. It still has the effect of formally charging the defendant with a crime.”
Jeffery Todd Burke v. Sparta Newspaper, Inc., No. M2016-01065-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. July 23, 2018). “See Duncan, 1992 WL 136172 , at *1; Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-111 (2012); RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS § 611 cmt.”
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