Aggravated Kidnapping

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Criminal Offenses
4. Offenses Against Person
5. Kidnapping and False Imprisonment
6. Aggravated Kidnapping

1. Aggravated kidnapping is false imprisonment, as defined in § 39-13-302, committed:
   1. To facilitate the commission of any felony or flight thereafter;
   2. To interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function;
   3. With the intent to inflict serious bodily injury on or to terrorize the victim or another;
   4. Where the victim suffers bodily injury; or
   5. While the defendant is in possession of a deadly weapon or threatens the use of a deadly weapon.
2. 1. Aggravated kidnapping is a Class B felony.
   2. If the offender voluntarily releases the victim alive or voluntarily provides information leading to the victim's safe release, such actions shall be considered by the court as a mitigating factor at the time of sentencing.

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