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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 4 - Proceedings Before General Sessions Courts
§ 40-4-101. Preliminary proceedings.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 40-4-101 (2017)
- Judges of the courts of general sessions are authorized and empowered to:
- (1) Make the preliminary examination and bind over the reputed father in bastardy cases;
- (2) Summon a jury of inquest in cases of death by accident, as provided in § 38-5-103;
- (3) Issue a warrant for a prisoner escaped from jail;
- (4) Examine persons arrested for a crime;
- (5) Bind a defendant over to court if probable cause be found; and
- (6) Take bail in bailable offenses brought before the judges.
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