Section 8-6-108 - Criminal defense in lower courts

It is a Class C misdemeanor for the attorney general and reporter or any assistant to take or receive a fee for defending any supposed offender in the inferior courts.Code 1858, § 3951 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 51, § 2); Shan., § 5755; mod. Code 1932, § 9955; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-608; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.