Definitions

Sec. 411.261. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Attorney representing the state" means a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of a district attorney. (2) "Unsolved crime" means a criminal offense: (A) that is an unsolved homicide or an unsolved felony that is one offense arising out of the same criminal episode as other unsolved felonies; and (B) the investigation of which requires a level of expertise that is not readily available to local law enforcement agencies. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1043, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.