{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-18-117","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-18-117","heading":"Instructions concerning insanity","body":"In all criminal cases in which the trial judge charges the jury on the law relating to the defense of insanity, the judge shall also charge the jury that, if it should find the defendant to be not guilty by reason of insanity, that it shall so state in its verdict.","path":["TN Code","Title 40","Chapter 18"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"2b0eed7f4a8bf0fce75f2a7ddf442e4ef80d9b07f870745b1d2d4d4f9e805941","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-18-116","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-18-118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}