SB2736 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to use of force.
Tennessee - 113th General Assembly
Introduced byFrank S. Niceley, Mark Pody
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, grants a defendant who has been charged with a criminal offense based on the use of force or threatened use of force and who asserts that the force was justified by law the right to a justifiable use of force hearing prior to trial, at which the prosecution has the burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the use of force was unlawful; requires the court to dismiss the criminal charges and find the defendant immune from criminal prosecution if the prosecution fails to meet that burden. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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