A justice of the peace conducting an inquest may act on information the justice receives from any credible person or on facts within his knowledge.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 49.08
INFORMATION LEADING TO AN INQUEST
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff
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