A person's refusal of a request by an officer to submit to the taking of a specimen of breath or blood, whether the refusal was express or the result of an intentional failure to give the specimen, may be introduced into evidence at the person's trial.
Tex. Transp. Code § 724.061
ADMISSIBILITY OF REFUSAL OF PERSON TO SUBMIT TO TAKING OF SPECIMEN
Applied in 24 court decisions — leading case Bartlett v. State (2008)
Most recently applied in Perez v. State (May 2016)
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff
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