Skip to main content
CourtGPT logoCourtGPT
Directory
Law
For Attorneys
Blog
AppointmentsSign InSign Up
Section 40-12-213 - Subpoena power - Examination of witnesses — Tennessee Law | CourtGPT
  1. Home/
  2. Laws/
  3. Tennessee/
  4. Title 40 - Criminal Procedure/
  5. Chapter 12 - Grand Jury Proceedings/
  6. Part 2 - Investigative Grand Juries/
  7. Section 40-12-213 - Subpoena power - Examination of witnesses
Tennessee Legal Code

Section 40-12-213 - Subpoena power - Examination of witnesses

Ask AI about this
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when a grand jury is convened pursuant to this part, the district attorney general shall:(1) Have the authority to compel by subpoena the testimony of witnesses before the grand jury; and(2) Be present to examine witnesses coming before the grand jury, as well as to give legal advice to the grand jury as to matters cognizable by it.Acts 1990, ch. 1051, § 1.