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Tex. Penal Code § 71.03 — Defenses excluded

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

Part of Chapter 71: ORGANIZED CRIME, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 71.03

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. Penal Code § 71.03Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
It is no defense to prosecution under Section 71.02 that: (1) one or more members of the combination are not criminally responsible for the object offense; (2) one or more members of the combination have been acquitted, have not been prosecuted or convicted, have been convicted of a different offense, or are immune from prosecution; (3) a person has been charged with, acquitted, or convicted of any offense listed in Subsection (a) of Section 71.02 ; or (4) once the initial combination of three or more persons is formed there is a change in the number or identity of persons in the combination as long as two or more persons remain in the combination and are involved in a continuing course of conduct constituting an offense under this chapter.

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