SB3849 - Tennessee: Sentencing

Companion Bill HB3627. Sentencing - Increases the mandatory minimum sentence for commission of a dangerous felony while in possession of or employing a firearm and for possessing or employing a firearm with a prior conviction for a dangerous felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Fiscal Summary for *SB3849 / HB3627Increase State Expenditures - $8,108,100/Incarceration* Bill Summary for *SB3849 / HB3627 Under present law, it is a Class D felony criminal offense to possess a firearm with the intent to go armed during the commission of or attempt to commit a dangerous felony. The offense is punishable by a mandatory minimum three-year sentence if the defendant had no prior felony conviction or a mandatory minimum five-year sentence if the defendant had a prior felony conviction. Under present law, it is a Class C felony criminal [...]

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