Texas § TX.154.407 - PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE IN CASES INVOLVING SEIZED CIGARETTES
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§ TX.154.407. PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE IN CASES INVOLVING SEIZED CIGARETTES
PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE IN CASES INVOLVING SEIZED CIGARETTES. (a) The comptroller may photograph cigarettes seized under Section 154.403 before their sale under this subchapter. (b) In a proceeding arising out of this chapter, including a criminal proceeding, the state is not required to produce the actual cigarettes. (c) The photographs are admissible in evidence under rules of law governing the admissibility of photographs. The photographs are as admissible in evidence as are the cigarettes themselves. (d) A person's rights of discovery and inspection of tangible physical evidence are satisfied if the photographs taken under this section are made available to the person by the state on order of any court or other entity having jurisdiction over the proceeding. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 68 (S.B. 934 ), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2011.
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