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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 24.16 — Application for out-county witness

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

Part of Chapter 24: SUBPOENA AND ATTACHMENT, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 24.16

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. 24.16Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Where, in misdemeanor cases in which confinement in jail is a permissible punishment, or in felony cases, a witness resides out of the county in which the prosecution is pending, the State or the defendant shall be entitled, either in term-time or in vacation, to a subpoena to compel the attendance of such witness on application to the proper clerk or magistrate. Such application shall be in the manner and form as provided in Article 24.03 . Witnesses in such misdemeanor cases shall be compensated in the same manner as in felony cases. This Article shall not apply to more than one character witness in a misdemeanor case.

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