Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.39

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 38.39 - Evidence In An Aggregation Prosecution With Numerous Victims

In trials involving an allegation of a continuing scheme of fraud or theft alleged to have been committed against a large class of victims in an aggregate amount or value, it need not be proved by direct evidence that each alleged victim did not consent or did not effectively consent to the transaction in question. It shall be sufficient if the lack of consent or effective consent to a particular transaction or transactions is proven by either direct or circumstantial evidence.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 38.39

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2001.