Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.15 · Chapter 38. EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS
TWO WITNESSES IN TREASON.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
No person can be convicted of treason except upon the testimony of at least two witnesses to the same overt act, or upon his own confession in open court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.38.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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