Texas Statutes

§ 11.21 — CONSTRUCTIVE CUSTODY.

Texas § 11.21
JurisdictionTexas
Code CRCode of Criminal Procedure

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Bluebook
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 11.21 (2026).

Text

Art. 11.21. CONSTRUCTIVE CUSTODY. The words "confined", "imprisoned", "in custody", "confinement", "imprisonment", refer not only to the actual, corporeal and forcible detention of a person, but likewise to any coercive measures by threats, menaces or the fear of injury, whereby one person exercises a control over the person of another, and detains him within certain limits.

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Legislative History

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.

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