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Current Criminal Pattern Instructions

This Page Last Updated: Monday December 01 2008


The Tennessee Pattern Jury Instruction (Criminal) Committee adopted the changes below following Thomson West's publication of the 12th Edition of Tennessee Pattern Jury Instruction book. Documents are provided in MS Word (.DOC) and WordPerfect (.WPD) formats.

4.01 - Attempt

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7.02 - First Degree Murder - Destructive Device or Bomb (on or after 7/1/95)

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7.04(a) - First Degree Murder Punishment (life, LWOP, or death) (on or after 7/1/95)

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7.04(b) - First Degree Murder Punishment (life or LWOP) (on or after 7/1/95)

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10.05 - Statutory Rape (prior to 7/1/06)

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12.02 - Intentional Killing of an Animal

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15.01(a) - Mitigated Criminal Littering (on or after 7/1/07)

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15.01(b) - Criminal Littering (on or after 7/1/07)

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15.01(c) - Aggravated Criminal Littering (on or after 7/1/07)

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15.02(a) - Transporting Unsecured Litter (on or after 7/1/07)

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26.13 - False Accusation of Child [Sex Abuse] [Brutality] [Abuse] [Neglect]

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29.14(a) - Willful [Abuse] [Neglect] [Exploitation] of Adult (prior to 6/11/07)

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29.14(b) - [Abuse] [Neglect] [Exploitation] of Adult (on or after 6/11/07)

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36.05 - Unlawful Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon (prior to 7/1/08)

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36.05(a) - Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon (on or after 7/1/08)

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36.05(b) - Unlawful Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon (on or after 7/1/08)

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38.07 - Reserved (Formerly "Driving Under Influence: By Consent")

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38.13 - Reserved (Formerly "Refusal to Submit to Drug or Alcohol Test")

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39.07 - Observation Without Consent

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40.05 - Defense: Necessity

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40.06(a) - Defense: Self-Defense (repealed 5/22/07)

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40.06(b) - Defense: Self-Defense (enacted 5/22/07)

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40.07 - Defense: Defense of Third Person

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40.08 - Defense: Protection of Property

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40.09 - Defense: Protection of Third Person's Property

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