Texas · Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 55A.151: CONVICTION OR POTENTIAL PROSECUTION ARISING FROM SAME CRIMINAL EPISODE
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This statute prohibits courts from expunging arrest records when a person is acquitted of one offense but convicted of or still facing prosecution for another offense arising from the same criminal episode.
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