Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 26.14 — Jury on plea of guilty
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. 26.14
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.
Where a defendant in a case of felony persists in pleading guilty or in entering a plea of nolo contendere, if the punishment is not absolutely fixed by law, a jury shall be impaneled to assess the punishment and evidence may be heard to enable them to decide thereupon, unless the defendant in accordance with Articles 1.13 or 37.07 shall have waived his right to trial by jury.
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