Criminal Court of Tennessee

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court of record state trial court

The Criminal Court of Tennessee is the state trial court that gained historical prominence for presiding over the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial challenging the legality of teaching evolution in public schools.

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of record → state trial court →
appliesStatute	Constitution of Tennessee → Tennessee Code Annotated → Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure (in relevant matters) → Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure → Tennessee Rules of Evidence → Tennessee criminal statutes → United States Constitution →
appliesToJurisdiction	Rhea County (for the Scopes Trial) → Tennessee →
country	United States →
governingBody	Tennessee General Assembly (creates and defines court structure) →
hasDivision	Criminal Court for Rhea County →
hasFunction	adjudication of criminal prosecutions → conduct of jury trials in criminal cases → imposition of criminal sentences → interpretation of Tennessee criminal law → ruling on pretrial criminal motions →
hasJudge	John T. Raulston →
hasJurisdiction	certain misdemeanor offenses → criminal appeals from lower courts in Tennessee → criminal cases → felony offenses →
hasOfficialLanguage	English →
hasSeatIn	Dayton, Tennessee (for the Scopes Trial division) →
hearsAppealsFrom	Tennessee General Sessions Courts (in criminal matters) →
legalSystem	common law →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Tennessee →
locationOfEvent	Scopes Trial → State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes →
notableCase	Scopes Monkey Trial → Scopes Trial → State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes →
partOf	Judicial Branch of Tennessee → Tennessee trial court system →
presidedOver	State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes →
significantEvent	1925 trial challenging legality of teaching evolution in public schools →
subjectOf	historical studies of the Scopes Trial → legal analyses of evolution-education litigation →
timePeriod	20th century →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Scopes "Monkey" Trial → State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes →	court