Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.111 · Chapter 38. EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS
NEWS MEDIA RECORDINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Extrinsic evidence of the authenticity of evidence as a condition precedent to the admissibility of the evidence in a criminal proceeding is not required with respect to a recording that purports to be a broadcast by a radio or television station that holds a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission at the time of the recording. The court may take judicial notice of the recording license as provided by Rule 201, Texas Rules of Evidence.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 29 (H.B. 670), Sec. 2, eff. May 13, 2009.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.38.htm
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