Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 26.08 — If defendant suggests different name
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 26: ARRAIGNMENT, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 26.08
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.
If the defendant, or his counsel for him, suggests that he bears some name different from that stated in the indictment, the same shall be noted upon the minutes of the court, the indictment corrected by inserting therein the name of the defendant as suggested by himself or his counsel for him, the style of the case changed so as to give his true name, and the cause proceed as if the true name had been first recited in the indictment.
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