TCA 40-13-220
Alleging grave-robbing
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What does this charge mean?
This statute concerns procedural rules for prosecuting grave robbery—it is not itself describing an illegal act. The law simplifies how prosecutors can charge someone with illegally opening a grave or taking a dead body (or body part) by not requiring them to specify which grave or whose body was disturbed.
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The indictment for the offense of unlawfully and willfully digging open a grave, or unlawfully and willfully taking up or carrying away the dead body, or any part of the body, need not specify what grave or whose dead body has been violated or disturbed.
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TCA Section40-13-220