29-13-402 - Definitions.
29-13-402. Definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Attorney general and reporter means the Tennessee attorney general and reporter;
(2) Crime means an offense under the laws of this state resulting in a specific physical, mental, or pecuniary injury, or death, to another person, and includes multiple crimes committed by a defendant;
(3) Defendant means a person who:
(A) Is convicted of a crime in this state; or
(B) Is judged not guilty by reason of insanity; or
(C) Pleads nolo contendere to a specific criminal charge; or
(D) Has been formally charged with a crime but is still awaiting trial; and
(4) Victim means:
(A) A person, not an accomplice of the defendant, who suffers a specific physical, mental, or pecuniary injury as a direct result of a crime; or
(B) The estate of a person who dies as a direct result of a crime.
[Acts 1994, ch. 1003, § 2.]