Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 24.011. Subpoenas; Child Witnesses
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Art. 24.011. SUBPOENAS; CHILD WITNESSES. (a) If a witness
is younger than 18 years, the court may issue a subpoena directing a
person having custody, care, or control of the child to produce the
child in court.
(b) If a person, without legal cause, fails to produce the
child in court as directed by a subpoena issued under this article,
the court may impose on the person penalties for contempt provided
by this chapter. The court may also issue a writ of attachment for
the person and the child, in the same manner as other writs of
attachment are issued under this chapter.
(c) If the witness is in a placement in the custody of the
Texas Youth Commission, a juvenile secure detention facility, or a
juvenile secure correctional facility, the court may issue a bench
warrant or direct that an attachment issue to require a peace
officer or probation officer to secure custody of the person at the
placement and produce the person in court. When the person is no
longer needed as a witness, the court shall order the peace officer
or probation officer to return the person to the placement from
which the person was released.
(d) The court may order that the person who is the witness be
detained in a certified juvenile detention facility if the person
is younger than 17 years of age. If the person is at least 17 years
of age, the court may order that the person be detained without bond
in an appropriate county facility for the detention of adults
accused of criminal offenses.
(e) In this article, "secure detention facility" and
"secure correctional facility" have the meanings assigned by
Section 51.02, Family Code.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 520, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1987.
Subsecs. (c) to (e) added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 949, Sec. 32,
eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
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Last modified: August 10, 2007
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