Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 42A.253 — CONTENTS OF PRESENTENCE REPORT

CR § 42A.253Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 42A. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION · Art. F. PRESENTENCE AND POSTSENTENCE REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS

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(a)A presentence report must be in writing and include:

(1)the circumstances of the offense with which the defendant is charged;

(2)the amount of restitution necessary to adequately compensate a victim of the offense;

(3)the criminal and social history of the defendant;

(4)a proposed supervision plan describing programs and sanctions that the community supervision and corrections department will provide the defendant if the judge suspends the imposition of the sentence or grants deferred adjudication community supervision;

(5)if the defendant is charged with a state jail felony, recommendations for conditions of community supervision that the community supervision and corrections department considers advisable or appropriate based on the circumstances of the offense and other factors addressed in the report;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2017.