Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13

This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.

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§ 13. USE OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST.

Official statutory text

On discovering the body or body part of a deceased person in the circumstances described by Subdivision 3(B) of Section 6(a), the medical examiner may request the aid of a forensic anthropologist in the examination of the body or body part. The forensic anthropologist must hold a doctoral degree in anthropology with an emphasis in physical anthropology. The forensic anthropologist shall attempt to establish whether the body or body part is of a human or animal, whether evidence of childbirth, injury, or disease exists, and the sex, race, age, stature, and physical anomalies of the body or body part. The forensic anthropologist may also attempt to establish the cause, manner, and time of death.

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