Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-301 (2026)
Short title
✓ current as of May 2026
This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Post-Conviction DNA Analysis Act of 2001."
Acts 2001, ch. 444, § 1; T.C.A. § 40-30-401.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 53
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1999–2025 · leading case: Powers v. State, 343 S.W.3d 36 (Tenn. 2011).
Powers v. State, 343 S.W.3d 36 (Tenn. 2011). “On December 13, 2007, the petitioner filed a motion pursuant to the Post-Conviction DNA Analysis Act of 2001 (“the Act”), Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 40-30-301 to - 313 (2006), seeking to have V.”
Griffin v. State, 182 S.W.3d 795 (Tenn. 2006). “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 40-30-301 to-313 (2003).”
Blake v. State, 909 A.2d 1020 (Md. 2006). “2005); Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-30-301 to 40-30-313 (2003 & Supp.”
Barbour v. State, 903 So. 2d 858 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004). “2003); Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 40-30-301 through XX-XX-XXX(2000); Tex.”
Alley v. Key, 431 F. Supp. 2d 790 (W.D. Tenn. 2006). “§ 40-30-301 (et seq.). See Alley v. State, 2004 WL 1196095 (Tenn.”
Bondurant v. State, 208 S.W.3d 424 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2006). “However, in 2003, the Act was moved to Tennessee Code Annotated sections 40-30-301 et seq. For purposes of clarity, this opinion will reference the DNA Act statutes as they are currently codified in sections 40-30-301 and following.”
Wesley Jones v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016). “See T.C.A. §§ 40-30-301 to -313 (2012). He sought DNA testing of evidence from the sexual assault kit, comparison with the Petitioner‟s DNA, and if no match to the Petitioner‟s DNA occurred, he sought testing of a third person‟s DNA and if the DNA profile matched neither his nor…”
Tracy Lebron Vick v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2018). “See T.C.A. §§ 40-30-301 to -313. To the extent that the Petitioner seeks a court order for DNA analysis, he has failed to allege how the results, if favorable to him, would demonstrate a reasonable probability (1) that he would not have been prosecuted or convicted or (2) that…”
Donnie E. Johnson v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2007). “The court determined that “the petitioner has failed to meet the criteria for DNA Analysis, under both the mandatory and discretionary portions of the Act, as outlined in Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-301 et seq.” Specifically, the post-conviction court found that, “[g]iven the…”
Eddie Medlock v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016). “‖ See T.C.A. §§ 40-30-301 to -313. -9- This Act does not distinguish between capital and non-capital defendants, and it entitles persons convicted of, among other crimes, aggravated rape to request the ―the forensic DNA analysis of any evidence that is in the possession or…”
State of Tennessee v. Luis Castanon (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016). “1 and the Post-Conviction DNA Analysis Act of 2001, Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-301 , et seq. (“the DNA Analysis Act”).”
Tommy Nunley v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017). “Although the court’s order is styled “Order Denying Petitioner’s Petition for DNA Testing Pursuant to T.C.A. § 40-30-301 Et Seq.,” the order disposes only of the petitioner’s bid for coram nobis relief and does not consider the petition as a request for DNA testing.”
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