Tennessee § 16-5-110 - Transfer and docketing of cases.
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§ 16-5-110. Transfer and docketing of cases.
All cases appealed to the court of criminal appeals for the purpose of review shall be filed and docketed with the clerk of the court of criminal appeals for the grand division within which the case arose. All appeal cases originating in the western grand division shall be filed with the clerk of the court of criminal appeals at Jackson. All cases from the middle grand division shall be filed with the clerk of the court at Nashville, and all cases originating in the eastern grand division shall be filed with the clerk of the court at Knoxville. The court of criminal appeals, in its discretion, may transfer any case, appeal record, or any other matter of business coming before the court from one grand division to another grand division for hearing when the respective parties agree to the transfer. Upon application or motion by either of the parties for the case to be transferred to another grand division, the court, in its discretion, may issue an order of transfer when it finds the ends of justice require, and the transfer is necessary and proper to safeguard the interest of the respective parties or in the interest of the general public welfare. Acts 1967, ch. 226, § 10; modified; T.C.A., § 16-450; Acts 1981, ch. 449, § 2. Compiler's Notes. This section may be affected by T.R.A.P. 17. Cross-References. Grand divisions, title 4, ch. 1, part 2. Law Reviews. The Procedural Details of the Proposed Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, II. Initiation of an Appeal (John L. Sobieski, Jr.), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 4. The Procedural Details of the Proposed Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, V. Briefs (John L. Sobieski, Jr.), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 69.
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