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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 38. EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS |
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Art. 38.10. EXCEPTIONS TO THE SPOUSAL ADVERSE TESTIMONY PRIVILEGE |
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The privilege of a person's spouse not to be called as a witness for the state does not apply in any proceeding in which the person is charged with: (1) a crime committed against the person's spouse, a minor child, or a member of the household of either spouse; or (2) an offense under Section 25.01, Penal Code (Bigamy). |
| Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 67, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 , Sec. 4.01, eff. September 1, 2005. |