Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 38.071 — TESTIMONY OF CHILD WHO IS VICTIM OF OFFENSE

CR § 38.071Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 38. EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS

Statute text

Sec. 1. This article applies only to a hearing or proceeding in which the court determines that a child younger than 13 years of age would be unavailable to testify in the presence of the defendant about an offense defined by any of the following sections of the Penal Code:

(1)Section 19.02 (Murder);

(2)Section 19.03 (Capital Murder);

(3)Section 19.04 (Manslaughter);

(4)Section 20.04 (Aggravated Kidnapping);

(5)Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child);

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 8), Sec. 3.16, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 24), Sec. 2.06, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 221 (H.B. 375), Sec. 2.11, eff. September 1, 2021.