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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 39 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 13 - Offenses Against Person
Part 3 - Kidnapping and False Imprisonment
§ 39-13-305. Especially Aggravated Kidnapping
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TN Code § 39-13-305 (2020)
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- Especially aggravated kidnapping is false imprisonment, as defined in § 39-13-302:
- Accomplished with a deadly weapon or by display of any article used or fashioned to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a deadly weapon;
- Where the victim was under the age of thirteen (13) at the time of the removal or confinement;
- Committed to hold the victim for ransom or reward, or as a shield or hostage; or
- Where the victim suffers serious bodily injury.
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- Especially aggravated kidnapping is a Class A felony.
- If the offender voluntarily releases the victim alive or voluntarily provides information leading to the victim's safe release, such actions shall be considered by the court as a mitigating factor at the time of sentencing.
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