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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.39 — Evidence in an aggregation prosecution with numerous victims

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

Part of Chapter 38: EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.39

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. 38.39Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

In trials involving an allegation of a continuing scheme of fraud or theft alleged to have been committed against a large class of victims in an aggregate amount or value, it need not be proved by direct evidence that each alleged victim did not consent or did not effectively consent to the transaction in question. It shall be sufficient if the lack of consent or effective consent to a particular transaction or transactions is proven by either direct or circumstantial evidence.

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