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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.012 — Finding that controlled substance used to commit offense

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

Part of Chapter 42: JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.012

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. 42.012Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

In the punishment phase of the trial of an offense under Chapter 29 , Chapter 31 , or Title 5, Penal Code, if the court determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant administered or provided a controlled substance to the victim of the offense with the intent of facilitating the commission of the offense, the court shall make an affirmative finding of that fact and enter the affirmative finding in the judgment of that case.

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