Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46C.270 · Subchapter F. DISPOSITION FOLLOWING ACQUITTAL BY REASON OF INSANITY: FINDING OF DANGEROUS CONDUCT
APPEALS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An acquitted person may appeal a judgment reflecting an acquittal by reason of insanity on the basis of the following:
(1) a finding that the acquitted person committed the offense; or
(2) a finding that the offense on which the prosecution was based involved conduct that:
(A) caused serious bodily injury to another person;
(B) placed another person in imminent danger of serious bodily injury; or
(C) consisted of a threat of serious bodily injury to another person through the use of a deadly weapon.
(b) Either the acquitted person or the state may appeal from:
(1) an Order of Commitment to Inpatient Treatment or Residential Care entered under Article 46C.256;
(2) an Order to Receive Outpatient or Community-Based Treatment and Supervision entered under Article 46C.257 or 46C.262;
(3) an order renewing or refusing to renew an Order for Inpatient Commitment or Outpatient or Community-Based Treatment and Supervision entered under Article 46C.261;
(4) an order modifying or revoking an Order for Outpatient or Community-Based Treatment and Supervision entered under Article 46C.266 or refusing a request to modify or revoke that order; or
(5) an order discharging an acquitted person under Article 46C.268 or denying a request for discharge of an acquitted person.
(c) An appeal under this subchapter may not be considered moot solely due to the expiration of an order on which the appeal is based.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 831 (S.B. 837), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46C.256ORDER OF COMMITMENT TO INPATIENT TREATMENT OR RESIDENTIAL CARE.Printed as Article 46C.256
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46C.257ORDER TO RECEIVE OUTPATIENT OR COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION.Printed as Article 46C.257 or 46C.262
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46C.261RENEWAL OF ORDERS FOR INPATIENT COMMITMENT OR OUTPATIENT OR COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION.Printed as Article 46C.261
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46C.262COURT-ORDERED OUTPATIENT OR COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION AFTER INPATIENT COMMITMENT.Printed as Article 46C.257 or 46C.262
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46C.266MODIFICATION OR REVOCATION OF ORDER FOR OUTPATIENT OR COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION.Printed as Article 46C.266
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46C.268ADVANCE DISCHARGE OF ACQUITTED PERSON AND TERMINATION OF JURISDICTION.Printed as Article 46C.268
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