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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.151 — Conviction or potential prosecution arising from same criminal episode

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

Part of Chapter 55A: EXPUNCTION OF CRIMINAL RECORDS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.151

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. 55A.151Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

A court may not order the expunction of records and files relating to an arrest for an offense for which a person is subsequently acquitted, whether by the trial court, a court of appeals, or the court of criminal appeals, if the offense for which the person was acquitted arose out of a criminal episode, as defined by Section 3.01 , Penal Code, and the person was convicted of or remains subject to prosecution for at least one other offense occurring during the criminal episode.

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