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

Tex. Penal Code § 9.02: JUSTIFICATION AS A DEFENSE.

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  1. PENAL CODE
  2. TITLE 2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
  3. CHAPTER 9. JUSTIFICATION EXCLUDING CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
  4. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

It is a defense to prosecution that the conduct in question is justified under this chapter.

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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