Tenn. Code § 39-13-201 : CRIMINAL OFFENSES — OFFENSES AGAINST PERSON — CRIMINAL HOMICIDE —13-201 - Criminal homicide TEXT PDF Criminal homicide is the unlawful killing of another person, which may be first degree murder, second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide or vehicular homicide. T.C.A. § 39-13-201 Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1991, ch. 377, § 1; 1995, ch. 460, § 3.