Texas Penal Code

§ 38.08 — EFFECT OF UNLAWFUL CUSTODY

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PE § 38.08Title 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 38. OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATION

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It is no defense to prosecution under Section 38.06 or 38.07 that the custody was unlawful.

Legislative history

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 38.09 and amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.