§ 40-20-101. Judgment after verdict -- Modification of verdict.

TN Code § 40-20-101 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) After a verdict against the defendant, if the judgment is not arrested or a new trial granted, the court shall pronounce judgment.

(b) If, in the pronouncement of a judgment where a defendant has been retried either following an order granting a retrial by a court of this state or in obedience to a decision of a court of the United States, it becomes necessary that the jury's verdict be modified to prevent a sentence on the second trial being greater than the verdict pronounced at the first trial, then the trial court is authorized to modify the jury's verdict and pronounce judgment accordingly.