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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-18-111 (2026)

General verdict of guilty

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A general verdict of guilty will be sustained if there is any one (1) good count in the indictment sustained by proof, although the other counts may be fatally defective.

Code 1858, §5217; Shan., § 7190; Code 1932, § 11753; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2519.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1983–2010 · leading case: State v. Thacker, 164 S.W.3d 208 (Tenn. 2005).
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State v. Thacker, 164 S.W.3d 208 (Tenn. 2005). · cites it 4× “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-18-111 (1997). Thus, proof of either premeditated murder or felony murder is sufficient to sustain the conviction.”
State v. Cribbs, 967 S.W.2d 773 (Tenn. 1998). · cites it 4× “2d 555 (1991); Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-18-111 and -112 (1990 Repl.”
State v. Coe, 655 S.W.2d 903 (Tenn. 1983). · cites it 4× “T.C.A. § 40-18-111 provides that, "A general verdict of guilty will be sustained if there is any one good count in the indictment sustained by proof, although the other counts may be fatally defective.”
Carter v. State, 958 S.W.2d 620 (Tenn. 1997). · cites it 2× “2d 555 (1991); Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-18-111 and - 112 (1990 Repl.”
State of Tennessee v. Derick Bailey (Tenn. Crim. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-18-111 (1997). In the instant case, the trial court properly -7- merged the convictions.”
State of Tennessee v. Donavan Edward Daniel (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-18-111 . Accordingly, proof of premeditated murder of Clarence Jones is sufficient to sustain the convictions.”
State of Tennessee v. Paul Dennis Reid, Jr. (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-18-111 ; see also supra, at footnote 1.”
State v. Fredrick Sledge (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “T.C.A. § 40-18-111. Although the trial court’s instructions in the present case indicate that the jury’s verdict was not to be a general one, the fact that, as a matter of law, the jury’s finding of guilt fully supports conviction under count two, because it charges the same…”
State v. Jason Cross (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010). “§ 40-18-111 (1997). 2. Failure to suppress the defendant’s confession The defendant assigns as error the trial court’s failure to suppress the defendant’s pretrial confession.”
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