Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 49.11. Chemical Analysis
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Art. 49.11. [976] [1066] [1029] CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. (a) A
justice of the peace may obtain a chemical analysis of a sample
taken from a body in order to determine whether death was caused, in
whole or in part, by the ingestion, injection, or introduction into
the body of a poison or other chemical substance. A justice may
obtain a chemical analysis under this article from a chemist,
toxicologist, pathologist, or other medical expert.
(b) A justice of the peace shall obtain a chemical analysis
under Subsection (a) of this article if requested to do so by the
physician who performed an autopsy on the body.
(c) The commissioners court shall pay a reasonable fee to a
person who conducts a chemical analysis at the request of a justice
of the peace.
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1987.
Article: 49.041 49.05 49.06 49.07 49.08 49.09 49.10 49.11 49.12 49.13 49.14 49.15 49.16 49.17 49.18
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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