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Tex. Penal Code § 49.10 (2026)

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Sec. 49.10. NO DEFENSE. In a prosecution under Section 49.031, 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, the fact that the defendant is or has been entitled to use the alcohol, controlled substance, drug, dangerous drug, or other substance is not a defense.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1364, Sec. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 787, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 813 (H.B. 1163), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1996–2010 · leading case: Harkins v. State, 268 S.W.3d 740 (Tex. App. 2008).
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Harkins v. State, 268 S.W.3d 740 (Tex. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 49.10 (Vernon Supp.”
Nelson v. State, 149 S.W.3d 206 (Tex. App. 2004). “Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 49.10 (Vernon Supp.”
Aliff v. State, 955 S.W.2d 891 (Tex. App. 1997). “Huddleston] I think that it is, partly because the episodes that he has occur so rapidly- We do not feel that this evidence sufficiently raises the first element of Torres .”
William Lee Smarr v. State (Tex. App. 2010). “See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 49.10 (Vernon Supp.”
Ex Parte: Angela Noelle (Tex. App. 1996). “See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 49.10 (West 1994).”
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