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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 46B. INCOMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL |
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Subchapter D. PROCEDURES AFTER DETERMINATION OF INCOMPETENCY |
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Art. 46B.074. COMPETENT TESTIMONY REQUIRED |
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(a) A defendant may be committed to a mental health facility or residential care facility under this subchapter only on competent medical or psychiatric testimony provided by an expert qualified under Article 46B.022. (b) The court may allow an expert to substitute the expert's report under Article 46B.025 for any testimony by the expert that may be required under this article. |
| Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 35, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 324 , Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2005. |