Texas · Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 42A.516: COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR LEAVING SCENE OF MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTING IN DEATH OF PERSON

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

When a judge grants community supervision for leaving a motor vehicle collision scene resulting in death, the defendant must serve at least 120 days confinement as a condition, which cannot be credited toward any later sentence imposed if supervision is revoked.

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