When, from any cause, an inmate sentenced to death has not been executed pursuant to the sentence, the sentence stands in full force, and shall be carried into execution by the court in which the inmate was tried.
Code 1858, § 5279; Shan., § 7259; Code 1932, § 11861; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3121.
Cross-References. Death by lethal injection, §40-23-114.
Grounds for relief, §40-30-103.
Sentencing for first degree murder, §39-13-204.
Stays of execution when petitioner is under sentence of death, §40-30-120.