Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56A.553
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56A.553, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 56A.553. NOTIFICATION OF WITNESS.
Official statutory text
The department shall immediately notify a witness who testified against a defendant at the trial for the offense for which the defendant is imprisoned, the witness's guardian, or the witness's close relative, if the witness, witness's guardian, or witness's close relative has notified the department as provided by Article 56A.554, when the defendant:
(1) escapes from a facility operated by the department for the imprisonment of individuals convicted of felonies other than state jail felonies; or
(2) is transferred from the custody of a facility described by Subdivision (1) to the custody of a peace officer under a writ of attachment or a bench warrant.
(1) escapes from a facility operated by the department for the imprisonment of individuals convicted of felonies other than state jail felonies; or
(2) is transferred from the custody of a facility described by Subdivision (1) to the custody of a peace officer under a writ of attachment or a bench warrant.
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