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2010 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 30 - Post-Conviction Procedure
Part 1 - General Provisions
40-30-121 - Priority.
40-30-121. Priority.
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.]
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