(a) The chief justice of the supreme court shall likewise be empowered to assign and designate any retired attorney general to sit as judge and hold any court in the same manner, for the same purpose and such person shall have the same authority, duty and jurisdiction as any retired state judge is authorized to perform or exercise under § 8-36-806.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-36-807

  • Attorney general: means the attorney general and reporter and any assistant thereto by whatever name known, any district attorney general and any assistant thereto by whatever name called, and any officer or full-time employee of the general assembly or any committee thereof established by statute, who is duly licensed to practice law in Tennessee, whose duty it is to provide facilities for drafting bills or to assist individual legislators in drafting bills or who renders legal advice and services to the members of the general assembly or committees thereof. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Retirement allowance: means the sum of the member annuity and the state annuity. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Service: means service as a general employee, a teacher, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a firefighter, a police officer, a state judge, a county judge, an attorney general, a commissioner or a county official which is paid for by an employer, and also includes service for which a former member of the general assembly is entitled to under former §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(b) A retired attorney general assigned and designated to sit and perform the duties and functions of a judge shall have served at least twenty-four (24) years as an attorney general prior to retirement, and jurisdiction shall be limited and restricted to habeas corpus cases and such cases as may arise under the Post Conviction Procedure Act, compiled in title 40, chapter 30, part 1.
(c) Such person’s compensation hereunder shall include such person’s retirement allowance, plus the difference between such person’s retirement allowance and the amount that person would receive if that person were an active or regular judge of the same court.
(d) The chief justice shall certify to the administrative director of the courts the date on which such service commences, and the date on which such service terminates.
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