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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 1.05 — Rights of accused

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 1.05

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 1.05Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a speedy public trial by an impartial jury. He shall have the right to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof. He shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself. He shall have the right of being heard by himself, or counsel, or both; shall be confronted with the witnesses against him, and shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. No person shall be held to answer for a felony unless on indictment of a grand jury.

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