T.P.I. -- CRIM. 1.05

FORMAL CHARGE:  NOT EVIDENCE

            The [indictment] [presentment] in this case is the formal written accusation charging the defendant with [a] [these] crime[s].¹  It is not evidence against the defendant and does not create any inference of guilt.

FOOTNOTES

1.  Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-101(a); see State v. Davidson, 171 Tenn. 347, 103

     S.W.2d 22 (1937).