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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.23 — Scope of writ

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

Part of Chapter 11: HABEAS CORPUS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.23

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. 11.23Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

The writ of habeas corpus is intended to be applicable to all such cases of confinement and restraint, where there is no lawful right in the person exercising the power, or where, though the power in fact exists, it is exercised in a manner or degree not sanctioned by law.

Official sources

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.23 (official source deep link)
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