Texas Penal Code § 3.01

Definition

Multiple Prosecutions

In this chapter, "criminal episode" means the commission of two or more offenses, regardless of whether the harm is directed toward or inflicted upon more than one person or item of property, under the following circumstances:

(1) the offenses are committed pursuant to the same transaction or pursuant to two or more transactions that are connected or constitute a common scheme or plan; or

(2) the offenses are the repeated commission of the same or similar offenses.

Official text of the Texas Penal Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 387, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

Sections that refer to this one

Crim. Proc. Art. 45A.504 Crim. Proc. Art. 55A.151 Crim. Proc. Art. 58.101 Crim. Proc. Art. 58.151 Crim. Proc. Art. 58.201 Crim. Proc. Art. 58.251 Gov't § 552.1315 Gov't § 810.003 Gov't § 810.004