Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.054
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.054, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 13A.054. PERSON INJURED IN ONE COUNTY AND DYING IN ANOTHER.
Official statutory text
An offense in which a person is injured in one county and, as a result of the injury, dies in another county, may be prosecuted in the county in which:
(1) the injury was received;
(2) the death occurred; or
(3) the person's body is found.
(1) the injury was received;
(2) the death occurred; or
(3) the person's body is found.
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