Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 39.153
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 39.153, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 39.153. DISCOVERY OF PROPERTY OR MATERIAL FROM FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION PERFORMED ON VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR OTHER SEX OFFENSE.
Official statutory text
(a) In the manner provided by this article, a court shall allow discovery of property or material that constitutes or contains a visual image or a recording that was made as part of a forensic medical examination.
(b) The court shall enter a protective order that prohibits copying or dissemination of property or material described by Subsection (a) that is produced to the defendant or the defendant's attorney under Article 39.14.
(c) Any property or material described by Subsection (a) that is produced under Article 39.14 and not offered as and admitted to evidence must either be returned to the state or destroyed at the time of the final disposition of the case.
(b) The court shall enter a protective order that prohibits copying or dissemination of property or material described by Subsection (a) that is produced to the defendant or the defendant's attorney under Article 39.14.
(c) Any property or material described by Subsection (a) that is produced under Article 39.14 and not offered as and admitted to evidence must either be returned to the state or destroyed at the time of the final disposition of the case.
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