2010 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 11 - Bail
Part 1 - Admission to Bail
40-11-148 - Bail for defendant charged with commission of crime while free on bail.
40-11-148. Bail for defendant charged with commission of crime while free on bail.
When a defendant has been admitted to and released on bail for a criminal offense, whether prior to or during trial or pending appeal, and the defendant is charged with the commission of one (1) or more bailable offenses while released on bail, the judge shall set the defendant's bail on each new offense in an amount not less than twice that which is customarily set for the offense charged.
[Acts 1981, ch. 351, § 1; T.C.A., § 40-1248.]
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