Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.051
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.051, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 13A.051. OFFENSE COMMITTED WHOLLY OR PARTLY OUTSIDE THIS STATE.
Official statutory text
(a) An offense committed wholly or partly outside this state under circumstances that give this state jurisdiction to prosecute the defendant may be prosecuted in any county in which:
(1) the defendant is found; or
(2) an element of the offense occurs.
(b) Criminal homicide committed wholly or partly outside this state under circumstances that give this state jurisdiction to prosecute the defendant may be prosecuted in the county in which:
(1) the injury was inflicted;
(2) the defendant was located when the defendant inflicted the injury; or
(3) the victim died or the victim's body was found.
(1) the defendant is found; or
(2) an element of the offense occurs.
(b) Criminal homicide committed wholly or partly outside this state under circumstances that give this state jurisdiction to prosecute the defendant may be prosecuted in the county in which:
(1) the injury was inflicted;
(2) the defendant was located when the defendant inflicted the injury; or
(3) the victim died or the victim's body was found.
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