{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-9.02","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 9.02","heading":"JUSTIFICATION AS A DEFENSE.","body":"It is a defense to prosecution that the conduct in question is justified under this chapter.\nActs 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.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY","CHAPTER 9. JUSTIFICATION EXCLUDING CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm#9.02","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"b67a6fddbc45a24ca6f1c43d98abd4fd33c26a50c08f8c02082df52005100de8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-9.01","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-9.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}