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Title 40 - CRIMINAL PROCEDUREChapter 38 - VICTIMS' RIGHTS
Part 2 - VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT ACT
Section 40-38-202 - Sentencing judge to consider impact statement prior to sentencing

Tenn. Code § 40-38-202

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Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1003
Section 40-38-202 - Sentencing judge to consider impact statement prior to sentencing

The sentencing judge shall solicit and consider a victim impact statement prior to sentencing a convicted offender who has caused physical, emotional or financial harm to a victim, as defined in § 40-38-203.

T.C.A. § 40-38-202

Acts 1993, ch. 438, § 2.