The inmates in the penitentiary shall be competent witnesses against each other in all prosecutions under §§39-12-101,39-13-304,39-16-201,39-16-402,39-16-403,39-16-605 —39-16-607,39-17-302,39-17-303, chapter 1, part 1 of this title, parts 1-4 of this chapter and chapter 22, parts 1 and 2 of this title.
Code 1858, § 5559 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 32); Shan., § 7581; Code 1932, § 12179; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-717; Acts 1996, ch. 675, § 42.
Cross-References. Federal prisoner as witness in state criminal proceedings, §40-17-212.
Prisoner as witness in criminal proceedings outside state in which incarcerated, §40-17-211.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Prisons and Prisoners, § 7.
Law Reviews.
Infamy as Ground of Disqualification in Tennessee, 22 Tenn. L. Rev. 554 (1953).