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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 13.28. Escape; Unauthorized Absence

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Art. 13.28. ESCAPE;  UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE.  An offense of 
escape under Section 38.06, Penal Code, or unauthorized absence 
under Section 38.113, Penal Code, may be prosecuted in:
	(1)  the county in which the offense of escape or 
unauthorized absence was committed;  or
	(2)  the county in which the defendant committed the offense 
for which the defendant was placed in custody, detained, or 
required to submit to treatment.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 392, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.           

Last modified: August 11, 2007