(a) A person commits an offense who:

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class E felony1 to 6 yearsup to $3,000
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 39-17-303

  • Bodily injury: includes a cut, abrasion, bruise, burn or disfigurement, and physical pain or temporary illness or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Participates: includes :
    (A) Joining a group of three (3) or more persons who riot. See Tennessee Code 39-17-301
  • Person: includes the singular and the plural and means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, copartnership, association, corporation, governmental subdivision or agency, or other organization or other legal entity, or any agent or servant thereof. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Property: means anything of value, including, but not limited to, money, real estate, tangible or intangible personal property, including anything severed from land, library material, contract rights, choses-in-action, interests in or claims to wealth, credit, admission or transportation tickets, captured or domestic animals, food and drink, electric or other power. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Riot: means a disturbance in a public place or penal institution as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 39-17-301
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Knowingly participates in a riot; and
(2)

(A) Traveled from outside the state with intent to commit a criminal offense;
(B) Participates in a riot in exchange for compensation; or
(C) As a result of the riot, a person other than one (1) of the participants suffers bodily injury or substantial property damage occurs.
(b)

(1) A violation of this section is a Class E felony.
(2) In any sentence imposed for a violation of this section, the court shall include a mandatory minimum sentence of:

(A) Forty-five (45) days of incarceration; or
(B) Sixty (60) days of incarceration if the defendant engages in the conduct described in two (2) or more of the circumstances listed in subdivisions (a)(2)(A)-(C).
(3) In any sentence imposed for a violation of this section, the court shall include an order of restitution for any injury, property damage, or loss incurred as a result of the offense.
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