40-20-102 - Discretion as to fine or imprisonment.
40-20-102. Discretion as to fine or imprisonment.
In all prosecutions for misdemeanors where the punishment prescribed is a fine or imprisonment, or both, the discretion as to the punishment shall be in the court unless otherwise provided.
[Code 1932,§ 10757; T.C.A. (orig. ed.),§ 40-2702.]