Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 39.153 · Chapter 39. DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY
DISCOVERY OF PROPERTY OR MATERIAL FROM FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION PERFORMED ON VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR OTHER SEX OFFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In the manner provided by this article, a court shall allow discovery of property or material that constitutes or contains a visual image or a recording that was made as part of a forensic medical examination.
(b) The court shall enter a protective order that prohibits copying or dissemination of property or material described by Subsection (a) that is produced to the defendant or the defendant's attorney under Article 39.14.
(c) Any property or material described by Subsection (a) that is produced under Article 39.14 and not offered as and admitted to evidence must either be returned to the state or destroyed at the time of the final disposition of the case.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 11 (S.B. 836), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.39.htm
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BenchPath cards that rely on this text
- Administrative Order Requiring Discovery of Property or Material from Child-Pornography-Type Cases and Entry of Protective Order (Code of Criminal Procedure Article 39.153) - Lubbock County Criminal Courts (signed September 22, 2025)
- Administrative Order Requiring Discovery of Property or Material from Child-Pornography-Type Cases and Entry of Protective Order (Code of Criminal Procedure Article 39.153) - Lubbock County Criminal Courts (signed September 22, 2025)
- Denton County Court at Law No. 1 (sitting as Juvenile Court) — Current Standing Orders JV-SO-2022-1 through 2022-12, 2025-1 and 2026-1 (Judge Kimberly McCary)
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Code of Criminal Procedure
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