What is the statute of limitations on sexual assault in Texas? I keep hearing different answers.

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by Grant St. Jullian III

April 25, 2016

Asked 4/23/2016 – Dallas, TX

I was sexually assaulted by a nurse in a Dallas hospital in 2011. Can anyone give me the exact amount of years for the statute of limitations on sexual assault on Texas? I keep getting different answers. Thanks.

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There is no statute of limitations on sexual assault If during the investigation of the offense, biological matter is collected and subjected to forensic DNA testing and the testing results show that the natter does not match the victim or any other person whose identity is readily ascertained or probably cause exists to believe that the defendant has committed the same or a similar sexual offense against five or more persons (Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 12.01 (1) (C)).

There is a ten year statute of limitations on sexual assault except as describe above (Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 12.01 (2) (E)).

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Grant St. Jullian III

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering – 1979 Univ. of Pennsylvania
Doctor of Jurisprudence 1982 University of Texas @ Austin
Licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas since 1982.

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