Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-401 (2026)
Short title
✓ current as of May 2026
This part is known and may be cited as the "Post-Conviction Fingerprint Analysis Act of 2021."
Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 355, s 2, eff. 7/1/2021.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19
cases (6 in the last 5 years), 2002–2026 · leading case: Nichols v. State, 90 S.W.3d 576 (Tenn. 2002).
Nichols v. State, 90 S.W.3d 576 (Tenn. 2002). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-401 ("Post Conviction DNA Analysis Act of 2001").”
Crawford v. State, 151 S.W.3d 179 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004). “The petitioner argues two issues in this appeal: (1) was it proper for the trial court to dismiss the portions of the Post-Conviction Petition without a hearing or appointing counsel, which were not related to DNA testing upon the grounds that the statute of limitations had…”
Bondurant v. State, 208 S.W.3d 424 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2006). “We note that in 2001 and 2002, when the Petitioners’ filed their initial petitions, the DNA Act was codified in Tennessee Code Annotated sections 40-30-401 et seq. However, in 2003, the Act was moved to Tennessee Code Annotated sections 40-30-301 et seq.”
Oscar Smith v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2022). “T.C.A. §§ 40-30-401 to -413 (Supp. 2021).”
Rhynuia L. Barnes v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024). “See T.C.A. §§ 40-30-401 to -413. He again sought “testing of his father’s palm prints against the unknown palm prints on the murder weapon[,]” a weapon that he stated belonged to Mr.”
Rhynuia L. Barnes v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024). “See T.C.A. §§ 40-30-401 to -413. He again sought “testing of his father’s palm prints against the unknown palm prints on the murder weapon[,]” a weapon that he stated belonged to Mr.”
State of Tennessee v. Shaun Lamont Hereford (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002). “The post-conviction court held that the Post-Conviction DNA Analysis Act of 2001, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 40-30-401 to -413 (Supp.”
Rhynuia L. Barnes v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2022). “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 40-30-401 to -413. He again sought “testing of his father’s palm prints against the unknown palm prints on the murder -7- weapon[,]” a weapon that he stated belonged to Mr.”
McBee v. Kirby (M.D. Tenn. 2025). “(C) An order issued requiring fingerprint analysis be paid on behalf of a petitioner pursuant to the Post-Conviction Fingerprint Analysis Act of 2021, Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-401 et seq. Payment shall be made only upon receipt by the director of a certified copy of the order and…”
Ed Henry Loyde v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2026). “We acknowledge that the post-conviction court’s order was titled “Order Denying Post- Conviction Fingerprint Analysis Act Pursuant to T.C.A. § 40-30-401.” We further acknowledge that the second sentence on the first page of the order states: “Petitioner now files a…”
State of Tennessee v. Jermeil Ralph Tarter (Tenn. Crim. App. 2007). “Under Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-30-401, a defendant may “appeal the imposition of consecutive sentences.”
Henry Rankins v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004). “On May 9, 2003, Petitioner filed a “Request for Forensic DNA Analysis Pursuant to T.C.A. § 40-30-401 . . . of the Post-Conviction DNA Analysis Act of 2001.”
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