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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony to |
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support a criminal conviction. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Article 38.075 to read as follows: |
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�������Art.�38.075.��CORROBORATION OF CERTAIN TESTIMONY REQUIRED. |
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(a)��A defendant may not be convicted of an offense on the testimony |
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of a person to whom the defendant made a statement against the |
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defendant's interest during a time when the person was imprisoned |
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or confined in the same correctional facility as the defendant |
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unless the testimony is corroborated by other evidence tending to |
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connect the defendant with the offense committed. �In this |
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subsection, "correctional facility"�has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 1.07, Penal Code. |
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�������(b)��Corroboration is not sufficient for the purposes of this |
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article if the corroboration only shows that the offense was |
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committed. |
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�������SECTION�2.��The change in law made by this Act applies to any |
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case in which a judgment has not been entered before the effective |
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date of this Act. A case in which a judgment has been entered before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when |
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the judgment was entered, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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�������SECTION�3.��This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�1681 passed the Senate on |
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April�16,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�31, Nays�0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�1681 passed the House on |
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May�20,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�139, Nays�0, two |
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present not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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Approved: |
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������������Date |
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______________________________� |
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����������Governor |