Tennessee Laws

JCOIN Drug Induced Homicide Specific

Question:

Does the state authorize the prosecution of accidental drug-related deaths as homicide?

Answer:
Yes
This answer is derived from 3 section of law
Citation:
  • citation 1: see full citation
    (a) Second degree murder is: see full law
  • citation 2: see full citation
    (2) A killing of another that results from the unlawful distribution of any Schedule I or Schedule II drug, when the drug is the proximate cause of the death of the user. see full law
  • citation 3: see full citation
    (3) A killing of another by unlawful distribution or unlawful delivery or unlawful dispensation of fentanyl or carfentanil, when those substances alone, or in combination with any substance scheduled as a controlled substances by the Tennessee Drug Control Act of 1989, including controlled substance analogs, including controlled substance analogs, is the proximate cause of the death of the user. see full law