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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.21 — Constructive custody

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 11: HABEAS CORPUS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.21

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.21Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

The words "confined", "imprisoned", "in custody", "confinement", "imprisonment", refer not only to the actual, corporeal and forcible detention of a person, but likewise to any coercive measures by threats, menaces or the fear of injury, whereby one person exercises a control over the person of another, and detains him within certain limits.

Official sources

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.21 (official source deep link)
Official OLLS publication (Title download)

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