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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.40 — Prisoner discharged

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. 11.40

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. 11.40Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

The judge or court before whom a person is brought by writ of habeas corpus shall examine the writ and the papers attached to it; and if no legal cause be shown for the imprisonment or restraint, or if it appear that the imprisonment or restraint, though at first legal, cannot for any cause be lawfully prolonged, the applicant shall be discharged.

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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.40 (official source deep link)
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