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2018 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 14 - Rights of Defendants
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 40-14-106. Time before trial -- Capital offenses.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 40-14-106 (2018)
Every person accused of any offense for which the punishment may be death shall be entitled to twenty-one (21) full days, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after arrest and the return of the indictment or presentment before being tried for the offense.
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