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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 38.17. Two Witnesses Required

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Art. 38.17. [722] [805] [785] TWO WITNESSES REQUIRED.  In 
all cases where, by law, two witnesses, or one with corroborating 
circumstances, are required to authorize a conviction, if the 
requirement be not fulfilled, the court shall instruct the jury to 
render a verdict of acquittal, and they are bound by the 
instruction.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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