Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.073 · Chapter 38. EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS
TESTIMONY OF INMATE WITNESSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In a proceeding in the prosecution of a criminal offense in which an inmate in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is required to testify as a witness, any deposition or testimony of the inmate witness may be conducted by a video teleconferencing system in the manner described by Article 27.18.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 788, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1031 (H.B. 2847), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1341 (S.B. 1233), Sec. 7, eff. June 17, 2011.
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