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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 16.04 — Voluntary statement

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

Part of Chapter 16: THE COMMITMENT OR DISCHARGE OF THE ACCUSED, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 16.04

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. 16.04Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

If the accused desires to make a voluntary statement, he may do so before the examination of any witness, but not afterward. His statement shall be reduced to writing by or under the direction of the magistrate, or by the accused or his counsel, and shall be signed by the accused by affixing his name or mark, but shall not be sworn to by him. The magistrate shall attest by his own certificate and signature to the execution and signing of the statement.

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