Texas Transportation Code 724.062 – Admissibility of Refusal of Request for Additional Test
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Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 724.062
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
The fact that a person‘s request to have an additional analysis under § 724.019 is refused by the officer or another person acting for or on behalf of the state, that the person was not provided a reasonable opportunity to contact a person specified by § 724.019(a) to take the specimen, or that reasonable access was not allowed to the arrested person may be introduced into evidence at the person’s trial.