Statutes | Tenn. Code Ann. ยง 29-13-402 | 2025
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Attorney general and reporter" means the Tennessee attorney general and reporter
(2) "Crime" means an offense under the laws of this state resulting in a specific physical, mental, or pecuniary injury, or death, to another person, and includes multiple crimes committed by a defendant
(3) "Defendant" means a person who:
(A) Is convicted of a crime in this state or
(B) Is judged not guilty by reason of insanity or
(C) Pleads nolo contendere to a specific criminal charge or
(D) Has been formally charged with a crime but is still awaiting trial and
(4) "Victim" means:
(A) A person, not an accomplice of the defendant, who suffers a specific physical, mental, or pecuniary injury as a direct result of a crime or
(B) The estate of a person who dies as a direct result of a crime.