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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 1.11 — Acquittal a bar

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. 1.11

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. 1.11Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

An acquittal of the defendant exempts him from a second trial or a second prosecution for the same offense, however irregular the proceedings may have been; but if the defendant shall have been acquitted upon trial in a court having no jurisdiction of the offense, he may be prosecuted again in a court having jurisdiction.

Official sources

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 1.11 (official source deep link)
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