TN – Tennessee Code Annotated Title 39 Criminal Offenses Chapter 11 General Provisions Part 1 Construction 39-11-106. Title definitions. (a) As used in this title, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Antique firearm” means: (A) Any firearm, including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system, manufactured in or […]
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Tennessee Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal CHAPTER 42 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS–EVIDENCE AND GUIDES FOR ITS CONSIDERATION § 42.18 FLIGHT The flight of a person accused of a crime [ other than evading arrest] is a circumstance which, when considered with all the facts of the case, may justify an inference of guilt. Flight is the voluntary
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Tennessee Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal CHAPTER 40 DEFENSES § 40.09 DEFENSE: PROTECTION OF A THIRD PERSON’S PROPERTY Included in the defendant’s plea of not guilty is [his] [her] plea of protection of a third person’s property. A person is justified in threatening or using force against another to protect real or personal property of
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Tennessee Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal CHAPTER 40 DEFENSES § 40.08 DEFENSE: PROTECTION OF PROPERTY Included in the defendant’s plea of not guilty is [his] [her] plea of protection of property. A person in lawful possession of real or personal property is justified in threatening or using force against another when and to the degree
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Tennessee Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal CHAPTER 40 DEFENSES § 40.07 DEFENSE: DEFENSE OF THIRD PERSON Included in the defendant’s plea of not guilty is [his] [her] plea of defense of a third person. A person is justified in threatening or using force against another to protect a third person if: (1) under the circumstances
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Tennessee Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal CHAPTER 40 DEFENSES § 40.05 DEFENSE: NECESSITY Included in the defendant’s plea of not guilty is [his] [her] plea of necessity as a defense. It is a defense to the offense [charged] [included] that: (1) the defendant reasonably believed the conduct was immediately necessary to avoid imminent harm; and
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Tennessee Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal CHAPTER 40 DEFENSES § 40.01 DEFENSE: IGNORANCE OR MISTAKE OF FACT Included in the defendant’s plea of not guilty is [his] [her] plea that [his] [her] acts constituting the offense charged were the result of ignorance or mistake of fact. Ignorance or mistake of fact is a defense to
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Tennessee Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal CHAPTER 2 PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE, BURDEN OF PROOF, REASONABLE DOUBT, RESTATEMENT OF CRIME CHARGED, AND ALTERNATIVE DEFINITIONS § 2.03 REASONABLE DOUBT Reasonable doubt is that doubt created by an investigation of all the proof in the case and an inability, after such investigation, to let the mind rest easily
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TN – Tennessee Code Annotated Title 39 Criminal Offenses Chapter 11 General Provisions Part 6 Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility 39-11-622. Justification for use of force — Exceptions — Immunity from civil liability — Civil action based upon defendant’s use or threatened use of force or the results of defendant’s use or threatened use of force.
TN – Tennessee Code Annotated Title 39 Criminal Offenses Chapter 11 General Provisions Part 6 Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility 39-11-621. Use of deadly force by private citizen. A private citizen, in making an arrest authorized by law, may use force reasonably necessary to accomplish the arrest of an individual who flees or resists the arrest;
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