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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 23 - Execution of Judgment
§ 40-23-117. Death Sentence Stands if Not Carried Out at Scheduled Time
Universal Citation: TN Code § 40-23-117 (2020)
When, from any cause, an inmate sentenced to death has not been executed pursuant to the sentence, the sentence stands in full force, and shall be carried into execution by the court in which the inmate was tried.
Code 1858, § 5279; Shan., § 7259; Code 1932, § 11861; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3121.
Cross-References. Death by lethal injection, §40-23-114.
Grounds for relief, §40-30-103.
Sentencing for first degree murder, §39-13-204.
Stays of execution when petitioner is under sentence of death, §40-30-120.
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