Former Tullahoma Alderman Jenna Amacher is due in court Wednesday, Sept. 30, her defense argues several pre-trial motions before the judge, including allegations that the prosecution abused its subpoena powers.

The hearing is set to be held before Judge Robert Carter at the Coffee County Justice Center in Manchester. After that hearing, a jury trial on the criminal matter is set for Nov. 23.

According to District Attorney General Craig Northcott, the charges came after Amacher submitted a petition to the Coffee County Elections Commission to qualify to run for Coffee County Clerk.

“In so doing, she asserted that she lived at that time and for at least the year prior at 1744 Ledford Mill Road, Tullahoma, Tennessee,” Northcott said in a release issued Thursday. “She signed the documents under the penalty of perjury verifying this as her place of residence.”

Northcott said that in response to several citizen complaints, he initiated an investigation into Amacher’s actual residence.

“Based upon that investigation, it has been determined that there is not now nor has there ever been any inhabitable home on the property located at 1744 Ledford Mill Road, Tullahoma, Tennessee,” he said.

Additional investigation revealed that Amacher used 1744 Ledford Mill Road, Tullahoma, Tennessee as her address to register to vote and for her driver’s license. Further, Amacher voted in the May 2026 primary in Coffee County. In that process, she signed multiple documents under penalty of perjury affirming that she resides at 1744 Ledford Mill Road, Tullahoma, Tennessee.

The evidence collected from the investigation was presented to the Coffee County grand jury during its June 2026 term.

The grand jury returned indictments for the arrest and prosecution of Jenna Renee Amacher in two separate cases. In the first case, she has been indicted for the following crimes related to her run for office: False Entries on Official Registration or Election Document (Class D felony), False Swearing or Affirming (Class D felony), Destruction/Alteration/ False Entry with Governmental Records (Class E felony), Perjury (Class A misdemeanor) and Failure to Notify of Change of Address (Class C misdemeanor).

In the second case, Amacher was indicted for Illegal Registration or Voting (Class D felony) and two counts of Perjury (Class A misdemeanor).

Among the motions is a motion by the prosecution that requests the court not to allow evidence of Amacher’s civil case regarding residency– in which the court found in her favor – to be used in the criminal case.

“The nature and results of those litigations are not relevant or material to these charges and are therefore inadmissible,” the state maintains.

Meanwhile, the defense has a handful of motions, including a motion that the state used an improper subpoena process and therefore any evidence gathered by said subpoenas should be barred from evidence. These include subpoenas from the circuit court clerk’s office, school district and TUA (Tullahoma Utilities Authority).

In addition, the defense wants all evidence found through an iCloud search warrant to be barred because it was so broad and catchall. The defense also wants the search warrant for the defendant’s financial records suppressed as evidence. Finally, the defense wants the search warrant for Amacher’s voting records suppressed.

Editor’s Notes: The hearing was originally set for this Friday, Sept. 18, however, the date was pushed back following the publication of the story.