Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-204 (2026)

Presumptions and matters of judicial notice

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Presumptions of law and matters of which judicial notice is taken need not be stated.

Code 1858, § 5118; Shan., § 7081; mod. Code 1932, § 11626; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1804.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1997–2008 · leading case: Hodges v. Bell, 548 F. Supp. 2d 485 (M.D. Tenn. 2008).
Hodges v. Bell, 548 F. Supp. 2d 485 (M.D. Tenn. 2008). “The Tennessee Supreme Court likewise addressed Petitioner’s jury instructions challenging in his direct appeal: In Odom, supra, the defendant claimed that the trial court erred by refusing to submit to the jury his requested fact specific instructions on nonstatutory mitigating…”
Separately Upon The Presence of The Error First Recognized In State v. Middlebrooks (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997). “§ 40-13-204 (i)(3). The third aggravating circumstance found by the jury, that the murder was perpetrated during the commission of a felony, has been eliminated from consideration.”
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