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Part 1 - Membership
§ 16-3-101. Composition — Election of Judges — Qualifications — Concurrence Necessary for Decisions - Code 1858, § 4495 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 3, §...
§ 16-3-102. Chief Justice - After their election and qualification, the judges shall designate one...
§ 16-3-103. Expenses - The expenses of the supreme court shall be paid out...
Part 2 - Powers and Duties
§ 16-3-201. Jurisdiction - Code 1858, § 4496 (deriv. Acts 1822, ch. 13, §...
§ 16-3-202. Process, Receivers, and References - The court may appoint receivers, order references and issue all...
§ 16-3-203. Powers Over Criminal Defendants - The court may recommit offenders in state cases, when it...
§ 16-3-204. Bonds and Recognizances - Code 1858, §§ 4499, 4500 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 199,...
§ 16-3-205. Supersedeas by Judges - The judges of the supreme court, or any one of...
§ 16-3-206. Vacating Judgment - In all cases in which the supreme court may give...
§ 16-3-207. Correction of Apparent Mistakes - The court may, at any time after final judgment, correct...
§ 16-3-208. Appeals Taken Before Term - All appeals, and appeals in the nature of a writ...
§ 16-3-209. Appeal During Term - An appeal, appeal in the nature of a writ of...
§ 16-3-210. Scheduling of Districts - The court may class the judicial districts to set the...
§ 16-3-211. Order of Counties in Districts - The supreme court, except as otherwise provided, shall take up...
§ 16-3-212. Special Personnel for Expedition of Post-Conviction Proceedings in Capital Cases - The supreme court is authorized to employ, reassign or contract...
Part 3 - Terms
§ 16-3-301. Duration of Terms - It is the duty of the judges of the supreme...
§ 16-3-302. Adjourned Terms - The court may sit upon its own adjournment, and hold...
§ 16-3-303. Adjournment From Day to Day - Code 1858, §§ 4506, 4507 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 199,...
§ 16-3-304. Adjournment to Court in Course - Code 1858, §§ 4508, 4509; Shan., §§ 6342, 6343; Code...
§ 16-3-305. Orders Opening and Closing Terms - The court has the power, by an order signed by...
§ 16-3-306. Continuation of Terms — Concurrent Terms - Every term of the court when opened shall remain open...
§ 16-3-307. Rules for Terms and Transfers - The court is empowered to make all necessary rules to...
§ 16-3-308. Special Term - The judges of the supreme court have the power to...
Part 4 - Rule Making
§ 16-3-401. Supreme Court Rules of Practice - The supreme court may make rules of practice for the...
§ 16-3-402. Other Courts — General Rules of Practice - The supreme court has the power to prescribe by general...
§ 16-3-403. Rules Not to Affect Substantive Rights — Consistency With Constitutions - The rules prescribed by the supreme court pursuant to §...
§ 16-3-404. Effective Date of Rules — Approval of Rules by General Assembly - The supreme court shall fix the effective date of all...
§ 16-3-405. Publication of Rules - All rules adopted by the supreme court shall be published...
§ 16-3-406. Laws in Conflict With Rules Nullified - After the rules have become effective, all laws in conflict...
§ 16-3-407. Additional or Supplementary Rules of Other Courts - Each of the other courts of this state may adopt...
§ 16-3-408. Courts — Facsimile Transmission of Documents — Rules and Procedures - The supreme court is urged to develop court rules and...
Part 5 - Supervision of Inferior Courts
§ 16-3-501. Inferior Courts — Supervisory Control - In order to ensure the harmonious, efficient and uniform operation...
§ 16-3-502. Supervisory Procedures - In addition to other constitutional, statutory and inherent power, but...
§ 16-3-503. Inherent Power of Court - The general assembly declares that this part is declaratory of...
§ 16-3-504. Plenary and Discretionary Powers - This part shall constitute a broad conference of full, plenary...
Part 6 - Advisory Commission on Rules -
Part 7 - Court Buildings Commissions
§ 16-3-701. Commission to Control Supreme Court Building at Nashville - There is created a commission composed of the chief justice...
§ 16-3-702. Commission to Control Court Building at Knoxville - There is created a commission composed of the chief justice...
§ 16-3-703. Commission to Control Court Building at Jackson - There is created a commission composed of the chief justice...
Part 8 - Administrative Office of the Courts
§ 16-3-801. Creation — Purpose - There is created the administrative office of the courts. The...
§ 16-3-805. Office, Equipment, and Supplies - The administrative director of the courts shall be provided with...
§ 16-3-806. Appropriation of Funds for Special Personnel Assigned to Capital Sentence Costs - All funds appropriated solely to employ, contract with or reassign...
§ 16-3-810. Dismissal of Defendant Upon Completion of Diversion Program—creation of Form - The administrative office of the courts, in consultation with the...
§ 16-3-814. Integrated Criminal Justice Act of 2006 - Sections 16-3-814 — 16-3-820 shall be known and may be...
§ 16-3-815. Creation of the Integrated Criminal Justice Steering Committee — Purpose - There is created an integrated criminal justice steering committee, which...
§ 16-3-816. Duties of the Committee - It is the duty of the integrated criminal justice steering...
§ 16-3-817. Goals of the Integrated Criminal Justice System - Any integrated criminal justice system developed through the facilitation of...
§ 16-3-819. Compensation - The members of the steering committee, advisory council and subcommittees...
§ 16-3-820. Hiring of Personnel to Manage Integrated Criminal Justice Projects - The administrative office of the courts (AOC) shall be empowered...
Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council
§ 16-3-901. Creation - There is created the private probation services council.
§ 16-3-902. Purpose - The purpose of the council is to ensure that uniform...
§ 16-3-903. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 16-3-904. Attachment to Appropriate State Entity - The commissioner of finance and administration shall attach the council...
§ 16-3-906. Officers - The council shall annually elect from its membership a chair,...
§ 16-3-907. Staff - The state entity to which the council is attached for...
§ 16-3-908. Meetings - The council shall meet at such times and places as...
§ 16-3-910. Powers of the Council - The council has the power:
§ 16-3-911. Probation Contracts With Private Entities - No public officer or employee of a governing authority who...
Part 10 - Automated Court System Hardware Replacement Loan Fund -