55-10-607 - Contents of petition of district attorney general. - Tennessee Statutes

55-10-607. Contents of petition of district attorney general.

(a)  The petition shall request the court to determine whether or not the individual named therein is an habitual offender.

(b)  The petition shall set out with particularity as to each conviction charged against the individual named therein:

     (1)  The general nature of the violation or offense including, where appropriate, the citation of the applicable code section or ordinance;

     (2)  The court wherein the conviction was rendered;

     (3)  The date the conviction was entered; and

     (4)  If the petition relies upon an offense committed within the applicable period wherein the conviction was rendered after the end of the applicable period, but wherein the offense was committed within the applicable period, the petition shall so state, and as to each such offense shall set out the date it is alleged the offense was committed and the date it is alleged the conviction was entered.

[Acts 1974, ch. 748, §§ 15, 16; T.C.A., § 59-2107.]