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Criminal Impersonation under Tennessee Law

By Baker Associates

Tennessee criminal defense attorneys can help you if you are charged with criminal impersonation. Our offices in Sevierville and Knoxville have represented clients with these types of charges throughout East Tennessee including Knoxville, Sevierville, Morristown, Johnson City, and Maryville. Under Tennessee law, a person commits criminal impersonation who, with intent to injure or defraud another person: ? Assumes a false identity; ? Pretends to be a representative of some person or organization; ? Pretends to be an officer or employee of the government; or ? Pretends to have a handicap or disability. The important words in the criminal impersonation statute are injure and defraud. If you dress like a police officer in the spirit of Halloween, the behavior does not constitute criminal impersonation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on April 01, 2008 (boomark / email).