{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-20-101","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-20-101","heading":"Judgment after verdict - Modification of verdict","body":"(a) After a verdict against the defendant, if the judgment is not arrested or a new trial granted, the court shall pronounce judgment.\n(b) If, in the pronouncement of a judgment where a defendant has been retried either following an order granting a retrial by a court of this state or in obedience to a decision of a court of the United States, it becomes necessary that the jury's verdict be modified to prevent a sentence on the second trial being greater than the verdict pronounced at the first trial, then the trial court is authorized to modify the jury's verdict and pronounce judgment accordingly.","path":["TN Code","Title 40","Chapter 20"],"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":"78ab3ec97770b2ac5b8e5c2ae349c43523653fc56909aea20ef228d095db0a57","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-1-111","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-20-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}