81R10216 PEP-F
 
  By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1681
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony to
  support a criminal conviction.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 38.075 to read as follows:
         Art. 38.075.  TESTIMONY OF IN-CUSTODY INFORMANT. (a) A
  defendant may not be convicted of an offense on the testimony of an
  in-custody informant unless the testimony is corroborated by other
  evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense
  committed.
         (b)  Corroboration is not sufficient for the purposes of this
  article if the corroboration only shows that the offense was
  committed.
         (c)  In this article, "in-custody informant" includes a
  person confined in a correctional facility, as defined by Section
  1.07, Penal Code, after being arrested for, charged with, or
  convicted of an offense.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to any
  case in which a judgment has not been entered before the effective
  date of this Act. A case in which a judgment has been entered before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when
  the judgment was entered, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.