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Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 182: Innocence Protection
- Subchapter 001: POSTCONVICTION DNA TESTING
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§ 5561. Petition for postconviction DNA testing
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§ 5562. Assignment of counsel
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§ 5563. Victim notification
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§ 5564. Discovery
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§ 5565. [Reserved.]
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§ 5566. Order; necessary findings; confidentiality
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§ 5567. Appeals
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§ 5568. Choice of laboratory; payment
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§ 5569. Procedure after test results obtained
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§ 5570. Successive petitions
- Subchapter 002: COMPENSATION FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
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§ 5572. Right of action; procedure
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§ 5573. Complaint
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§ 5574. Burden of proof; judgment; damages
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§ 5575. Payment
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§ 5576. Limitations
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§ 5577. Notice of right of action
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§ 5578. Applicability; retroactivity
- Subchapter 003: LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES
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§ 5581. Eyewitness identification policy
- Subchapter 004: CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION
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§ 5585. Electronic recording of a custodial interrogation