{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-3-105","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-3-105","heading":"Prosecution for same offense in both state and municipal court prohibited","body":"(a) Whenever the commission of any act or the omission to act under certain circumstances constitutes both a violation of state law and a violation of municipal law, notwithstanding the fact that different penalties are provided, no person shall be prosecuted in both a state court and a municipal court for the same offense.\n(b) A dismissal on the merits, acquittal or conviction of the offense in one (1) court, pleaded and shown, shall be a bar to prosecution for the offense in the other court.","path":["TN Code","Title 40","Chapter 3"],"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":"d384de9f2b1f37383be3217b7fafe3ad19c1d9fa89fe7b2f5f0d302deb408b1f","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-3-104","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-3-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}