Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-121 (2026)
Priority
✓ current as of May 2026
Post-conviction cases where the petitioner is under the death sentence shall be given priority over all other matters in docketing by the courts having trial and appellate jurisdiction of the cases.
Acts 1995, ch. 207, § 1; T.C.A. § 40-30-221.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1988–1995 · leading case: Owens v. State, 908 S.W.2d 923 (Tenn. 1995).
Owens v. State, 908 S.W.2d 923 (Tenn. 1995). “That statutory provision is incorporated by reference and applies to post-conviction capital cases, Owens and Payne argue, by virtue of the Post-Conviction Procedure Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-121 (1990), [5] which provides that "[i]ndigency shall be determined and counsel and…”
Teague v. State, 772 S.W.2d 915 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1988). “The trial court properly refused the petitioner’s request for investigative services.”
Cole v. State, 798 S.W.2d 261 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1990). “T.C.A. § 40-30-121. 4 . T.C.A. § 40-30-107.”
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