Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 11.073 — PROCEDURE RELATED TO CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

CR § 11.073Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 11. HABEAS CORPUS

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(a)This article applies to relevant scientific evidence that:

(1)was not available to be offered by a convicted person at the convicted person's trial; or

(2)contradicts scientific evidence relied on by the state at trial.

(b)A court may grant a convicted person relief on an application for a writ of habeas corpus if:

(1)the convicted person files an application, in the manner provided by Article 11.07, 11.071, or 11.072, containing specific facts indicating that:

(A)relevant scientific evidence is currently available and was not available at the time of the convicted person's trial because the evidence was not ascertainable through the exercise of reasonable diligence by the convicted person before the date of or during the convicted person's trial; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1263 (H.B. 3724), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.