Tenn. Code § 8-7-115

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069

Section 8-7-115 - District attorney annual report of cases handled[Effective 7/1/2026]

Each district attorney general shall provide an annual report by March 1 of each year to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, speaker of the senate, chair of the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives, chair of the judiciary committee of the senate, and district attorneys general conference and make such report available to the public upon request. The report must contain, at a minimum, for the previous year, the following aggregate, non-personally identifying information, categorized by offense:

(1) Arrests made and offenses referred;

(2) The number of indictments filed;

(3) The number of cases transferred to another law enforcement entity;

(4) The number of cases in which an indictment was sought for an individual and the indictment was for an offense other than the offense for which the individual was originally arrested; and

(5) The number of each disposition entered by a court, including dismissals, pretrial diversions, plea agreements, trial outcomes, and sentences imposed.

T.C.A. § 8-7-115

Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 895,s 1, eff. 7/1/2026.