TCA 40-17-110
Duration of attendance
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What does this charge mean?
Witnesses who are subpoenaed must keep coming to court from one court session to the next until the case is completely finished. If a case is reversed on appeal or declared a mistrial (the trial must start over), new subpoenas must be issued for all witnesses before the new trial begins.
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(a) Witnesses subpoenaed are bound to attend from term to term until the case is disposed of; but if a judgment is rendered in the case, which is reversed by the supreme court, or in the case of a mistrial, new subpoenas must be issued for the state witnesses, and also for the defendant‘s witnesses on the defendant’s application. Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!(b) Witnesses shall so attend until discharged by law, by the court, or by the party by whom they are summoned.
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TCA Section40-17-110