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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 27.08 — Exception to substance of indictment

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

Part of Chapter 27: THE PLEADING IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 27.08

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.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 27.08Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

There is no exception to the substance of an indictment or information except: 1. That it does not appear therefrom that an offense against the law was committed by the defendant; 2. That it appears from the face thereof that a prosecution for the offense is barred by a lapse of time, or that the offense was committed after the finding of the indictment; 3. That it contains matter which is a legal defense or bar to the prosecution; and 4. That it shows upon its face that the court trying the case has no jurisdiction thereof.

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