Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46B.007 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
ADMISSIBILITY OF STATEMENTS AND CERTAIN OTHER EVIDENCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A statement made by a defendant during an examination or trial on the defendant's incompetency, the testimony of an expert based on that statement, and evidence obtained as a result of that statement may not be admitted in evidence against the defendant in any criminal proceeding, other than at:
(1) a trial on the defendant's incompetency; or
(2) any proceeding at which the defendant first introduces into evidence a statement, testimony, or evidence described by this article.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 35, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 324 (S.B. 679), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.46B.htm
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- 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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