Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog

Criminal Law

: Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog

Carjacking under Tennessee law

By Baker Associates

Tennessee criminal defense lawyers help clients charged with carjacking in the East Tennessee area. Carjacking closely resembles robbery under Tennessee law. There are three robbery offenses in Tennessee: robbery, aggravated robbery, and especially aggravated robbery. The robbery offenses and the resulting punishment are based upon the potential for harm or actual harm to the victim. Under Tennessee law, "Carjacking" is the intentional or knowing taking of a motor vehicle from the possession of another by use of: ? A deadly weapon; or ? Force or intimidation The General assembly in Tennessee wanted to distinguish carjacking from one of the three robbery offenses. First, the general assembly recognized that carjacking is usually committed in order to facilitate the perpetrator's flight from the scene of a prior crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on February 27, 2008 (boomark / email).