Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
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) Clerks of the criminal and circuit courts of the state are required to furnish the wardens of the state prisons certified copies of all indictments against persons convicted in those courts and sentenced to state prison, at the same time the clerk furnishes the warden copies of the judgment and commitment papers on the convicted person.(2) For every certified copy of an indictment furnished the warden by the clerks, they shall be paid a fee of one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25), which shall be taxed and paid as other criminal costs are taxed and paid in criminal cases.(b) The clerks of the criminal and circuit courts also shall furnish the central records division of the department of correction a copy of the indictment, judgment and commitment papers of persons convicted of a felony and sentenced to serve a sentence in a local detention facility, for which the clerks shall be paid a fee of one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25), which shall be taxed as other criminal costs and paid in criminal cases.
