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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Penal Code § 2.01: PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

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  1. PENAL CODE
  2. TITLE 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
  3. CHAPTER 2. BURDEN OF PROOF

All persons are presumed to be innocent and no person may be convicted of an offense unless each element of the offense is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. The fact that he has been arrested, confined, or indicted for, or otherwise charged with, the offense gives rise to no inference of guilt at his trial.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

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