Tennessee Code 40-26-101 – Commencement of term pending appeal
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-26-101
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
In all criminal cases appealed to the supreme court from the circuit and criminal courts, where the judgment of the court is for less penalty than death or imprisonment for life, and the defendant is in actual confinement in jail, when no transcript or other statement of the evidence is filed in the time prescribed by law, in the circuit or criminal court the appeal shall not act as a supersedeas, and the defendant shall enter upon the term of service in the penitentiary or workhouse at once after the expiration of the time for filing the transcript or other statement of evidence.