Tex. Penal Code § 12.45 · Subchapter D. EXCEPTIONAL SENTENCES
ADMISSION OF UNADJUDICATED OFFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may, with the consent of the attorney for the state, admit during the sentencing hearing his guilt of one or more unadjudicated offenses and request the court to take each into account in determining sentence for the offense or offenses of which he stands adjudged guilty.
(b) Before a court may take into account an admitted offense over which exclusive venue lies in another county or district, the court must obtain permission from the prosecuting attorney with jurisdiction over the offense.
(c) If a court lawfully takes into account an admitted offense, prosecution is barred for that offense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4131, ch. 649, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1983; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.12.htm
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Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Penal Code § 12.45. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 54.658POWERS.Printed as Section 12.45, Penal Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 54.978POWERS.Printed as Section 12.45, Penal Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 54.2207POWERS.Printed as Section 12.45, Penal Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 54.2407POWERS.Printed as Section 12.45, Penal Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 54.2608POWERS.Printed as Section 12.45, Penal Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 54.2811PROCEEDING THAT MAY BE REFERRED.Printed as Section 12.45, Penal Code
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