Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 38.073
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 38.073, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 38.073. TESTIMONY OF INMATE WITNESSES.
Official statutory text
In a proceeding in the prosecution of a criminal offense in which an inmate in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is required to testify as a witness, any deposition or testimony of the inmate witness may be conducted by a video teleconferencing system in the manner described by Article 27.18.
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