Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 13A.054 — PERSON INJURED IN ONE COUNTY AND DYING IN ANOTHER

CR § 13A.054Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 13A. VENUE · Art. B. VENUE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES

Statute text

An offense in which a person is injured in one county and, as a result of the injury, dies in another county, may be prosecuted in the county in which:

(1)the injury was received;

(2)the death occurred; or

(3)the person's body is found.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.