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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Chapter 13. VENUE |
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Art. 13.28. ESCAPE; UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE |
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An offense of escape under Section 38.06, Penal Code, or unauthorized absence under Section 38.113, Penal Code, may be prosecuted in: (1) the county in which the offense of escape or unauthorized absence was committed; or (2) the county in which the defendant committed the offense for which the defendant was placed in custody, detained, or required to submit to treatment. |
| Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 392, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. |