Texas Penal Code
Title 8 · Chapter 38

Sec. 38.08. Effect of Unlawful Custody

Official text

It is no defense to prosecution under Section 38.06 or 38.07 that the custody was unlawful.

Legislative history
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 38.09 and amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.