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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 23.16 — Arrest in capital case in another county

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

Part of Chapter 23: THE CAPIAS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 23.16

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. 23.16Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

In each capital case where a defendant is arrested under a capias in a county other than that in which the case is pending, the sheriff who arrests or to whom the defendant is delivered, shall convey him immediately to the county from which the capias issued and deliver him to the sheriff of such county.

Official sources

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 23.16 (official source deep link)
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