Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.012 · Chapter 42. JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE
FINDING THAT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE USED TO COMMIT OFFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In the punishment phase of the trial of an offense under Chapter 29, Chapter 31, or Title 5, Penal Code, if the court determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant administered or provided a controlled substance to the victim of the offense with the intent of facilitating the commission of the offense, the court shall make an affirmative finding of that fact and enter the affirmative finding in the judgment of that case.
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History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 417, Sec. 2(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann. C.C.P. art. 42.015 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(9), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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