Tennessee § 37-1-133 - Order of adjudication — Noncriminal.

§ 37-1-133. Order of adjudication — Noncriminal.

An order of disposition or other adjudication in a proceeding under this part is not a conviction of crime and does not impose any civil disability ordinarily resulting from a conviction or operate to disqualify the child in any state service or civil service application or appointment. A child shall not be committed or transferred to a penal institution or other facility used primarily for the execution of sentences of persons convicted of a crime, except as provided in § 37-1-134. The disposition of a child and evidence adduced in a hearing in juvenile court may not be used against such child in any proceeding in any court other than a juvenile court, whether before or after reaching majority, except in dispositional proceedings after conviction of a felony for the purposes of a pre-sentence investigation and report. A child found to be delinquent shall be exempt from the operation of laws applicable to infamous crimes, and such child shall not be rendered infamous by the judgment of the juvenile court in which such child is tried. Acts 1970, ch. 600, § 33; T.C.A., § 37-233; Acts 2012, ch. 800, § 49. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2012, ch. 800, § 1 provided that the act, which amended subsection (a), shall be known and cited as the “Tennessee Excellence, Accountability, and Management (T.E.A.M.) Act of 2012.” Rule Reference. This section is referred to in the Advisory Commission Comments under Rule 609 of the Tennessee Rules of Evidence. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 25 Tenn. Juris., Witnesses, § 37.1. Tennessee Law of Evidence (2nd ed., Cohen, Paine and Sheppeard), Rule 609. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Supreme Court's Approval of Selected Federal Rules of Evidence (Donald F. Paine), 23 No. 1 Tenn. B.J. 17 (1987).