Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 38.19 – Intent to Defraud: Certain Offenses
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(a) This article applies to the trial of an offense under any of the following sections of the Penal Code:
(1) § 32.21 (Forgery);
(2) § 32.31 (Credit Card or Debit Card Abuse); or
(3) § 32.51 (Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information).
(b) In the trial of an offense to which this article applies, the attorney representing the state is not required to prove that the defendant committed the act with intent to defraud any particular person. It is sufficient to prove that the offense was, in its nature, calculated to injure or defraud any of the sovereignties, bodies corporate or politic, officers or persons, named in the definition of the offense in the Penal Code.
Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 38.19
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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.