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2019 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 2 - Limitation of Prosecutions
§ 40-2-105. Suspension of statute because of irregularities in prosecution.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 40-2-105 (2019)
When the judgment is arrested, or the indictment or presentment quashed for any defect in the indictment or presentment, or for the reason that it was not found by a grand jury regularly organized, or because it charged no offense, or for any other cause, or when the prosecution is dismissed because of a variance between the allegations of the indictment or presentment and the evidence, and a new indictment or presentment is ordered to be preferred, the time elapsing between the preferring of the first charge, indictment or presentment and the next subsequent term of court must be deducted from the time limited for the prosecution of the offense last charged.
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