Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-103 (2026)
Sentence to county workhouse
✓ current as of May 2026
It is the duty of the judges of the circuit or criminal courts, whenever prisoners are convicted of any offense for which they are confined in the workhouse, to sentence the prisoners to the workhouse of the county, portable, movable or stationary, as may be provided and established in the county.
Acts 1907, ch. 445, § 3; Shan., § 7399a3; Code 1932, § 12011; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1205.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1999–2010 · leading case: State v. Anderson, 7 S.W.3d 100 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1999).
State v. Anderson, 7 S.W.3d 100 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1999). “She notes that Leclair involved a misdemeanor and that Tenn.Code Ann. § 41-2-103 requires the trial court to sentence misdemeanants to the workhouse of the county of conviction if a workhouse sentence is imposed.”
State v. Melissa D. Anderson (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010). “She notes that LeClair involved a misdemeanor and that Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-103 requires the trial court to sentence misdemeanants to the workhouse of the county of conviction if a workhouse sentence is imposed.”
State v. David Mitchell (Tenn. Crim. App. 2000). “See generally Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-103 to -150 (1997 and Supp.”
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