§ 40-23-114. Death by Lethal Injection — Election of Electrocution — Electrocution as Alternative Method
For any person who commits an offense for which the person is sentenced to the punishment of death, the method for carrying out this sentence shall be by lethal injection. Any person who commits an offense prior to January 1, 1999, for which the person is sentenced to the punishment of death may elect to […]
§ 40-23-115. Maintenance of Death Chamber
The commissioner of correction shall ensure that a permanent and suitable death chamber is kept and maintained within a penitentiary of this state, as defined in § 41-1-101(b), and that an electrical apparatus, together with all necessary appliances sufficient for the infliction of punishment of death as provided in § 40-23-114, is kept and maintained […]
§ 40-23-116. Manner of Executing Sentence of Death — Witnesses
In all cases in which the sentence of death has been passed upon any person by the courts of this state, it is the duty of the sheriff of the county in which the sentence of death has been passed to remove the person so sentenced to death from that county to the state penitentiary […]
§ 40-23-104. Sentence to Workhouse for Felony Term — Removal by Trial Judge
In all cases where any person is convicted of a felony, and sentenced to six (6) years or less, the court, in its discretion, may order the person confined in the county workhouse for the term of the sentence. The trial judge shall have the power to order the removal of the prisoner from the […]
§ 40-23-105. Felons Sentenced to Jail Compelled to Hard Labor
All persons convicted of a felony, whose imprisonment has been by the jury commuted to imprisonment in the county jail, shall be compelled to work out the term of imprisonment at hard labor in the county workhouse in the county where convicted.
§ 40-23-106. Notice to Commissioner of Convicts for Penitentiary
At the adjournment of any court, or upon final disposition of a case prior to the adjournment of the court, it is the duty of the clerk of the court to notify the commissioner of correction of the number of convicts for the penitentiary, and that notification shall be made within five (5) days.
§ 40-23-101. Commencement of Sentence — Credit for Pretrial Detention and Jail Time Pending Appeal
When a person is sentenced to imprisonment, the judgment of the court shall be rendered so that the sentence shall commence on the day on which the defendant legally comes into the custody of the sheriff for execution of the judgment of imprisonment. This section shall not apply in a case where, after the rendition […]
§ 40-23-102. Defendant in Custody at Time of Judgment
Where the judgment of the court is that the defendant be imprisoned, the time for confinement, if the defendant is in jail, shall begin to run from the day of final judgment. C. Supp. 1950, § 11761.1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3101.
§ 40-23-103. Sheriff to Commit Defendant
It is the duty of the sheriff in whose custody the defendant is at the rendition of the judgment, or afterwards legally comes, to execute the judgment of imprisonment by committing the defendant, as soon as possible, to jail, or to the warden of the penitentiary, according to the exigency of the writ. Code 1858, […]