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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 27.16 — Plea of not guilty, how made

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. 27.16

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. 27.16Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) The plea of not guilty may be made orally by the defendant or by his counsel in open court. If the defendant refuses to plead, the plea of not guilty shall be entered for him by the court. (b) A defendant charged with a misdemeanor for which the maximum possible punishment is by fine only may, in lieu of the method provided in Subsection (a) of this article, mail to the court a plea of not guilty.

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