Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 38.07. Testimony In Corroboration Of Victim Of Sexual Offense
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Art. 38.07. TESTIMONY IN CORROBORATION OF VICTIM OF SEXUAL
OFFENSE. (a) A conviction under Chapter 21, Section 22.011, or
Section 22.021, Penal Code, is supportable on the uncorroborated
testimony of the victim of the sexual offense if the victim informed
any person, other than the defendant, of the alleged offense within
one year after the date on which the offense is alleged to have
occurred.
(b) The requirement that the victim inform another person of
an alleged offense does not apply if at the time of the alleged
offense the victim was a person:
(1) 17 years of age or younger;
(2) 65 years of age or older; or
(3) 18 years of age or older who by reason of age or physical
or mental disease, defect, or injury was substantially unable to
satisfy the person's need for food, shelter, medical care, or
protection from harm.
Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 479, ch. 203, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1,
1975. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2090, ch. 382, Sec. 1,
eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5317, ch. 977, Sec. 7,
eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 200, Sec. 1, eff. May
19, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1,
1993; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1018, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Article: 37.12 37.13 37.14 38.01 38.03 38.04 38.05 38.07 38.071 38.072 38.073 38.08 38.10 38.101 38.12
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