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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-9-128

  • Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
  • 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

After a person has been brought back to this state upon extradition proceedings, the person may be tried in this state for other crimes which the person may be charged with having committed here, as well as that specified in the requisition for the person’s extradition.