No person shall be put to answer any criminal charge, but by presentment, indictment or impeachment; provided, that, in accordance with this chapter, an accused represented by an attorney may waive the right to be tried upon presentment or indictment and consent to prosecution by information.
Code 1858, § 4989; Shan., § 6948; mod. Code 1932, § 11489; Acts 1975, ch. 258, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-301.
Cross-References. Indictment or presentment, title 40, ch. 13.
Indictments, presentments and information, Tenn. R. Crim. P. 7.
Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), §§ 22.50, 22.52.