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CHAPTER 16. CRIMINAL INSTRUMENTS, INTERCEPTION OF WIRE OR ORAL
COMMUNICATION, AND INSTALLATION OF TRACKING DEVICE
§ 16.01. UNLAWFUL USE OF CRIMINAL INSTRUMENT.
(a) A
person commits an offense if:
(1) he possesses a criminal instrument with intent to
use it in the commission of an offense; or
(2) with knowledge of its character and with intent to
use or aid or permit another to use in the commission of an offense,
he manufactures, adapts, sells, installs, or sets up a criminal
instrument.
(b) For the purpose of this section, "criminal instrument"
means anything, the possession, manufacture, or sale of which is
not otherwise an offense, that is specially designed, made, or
adapted for use in the commission of an offense.
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is one category lower
than the offense intended. An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a
state jail felony. |
