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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 28.13 — Former acquittal or conviction

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

Part of Chapter 28: MOTIONS, PLEADINGS AND EXCEPTIONS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 28.13

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. 28.13Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

A former judgment of acquittal or conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be a bar to any further prosecution for the same offense, but shall not bar a prosecution for any higher grade of offense over which said court had not jurisdiction, unless such judgment was had upon indictment or information, in which case the prosecution shall be barred for all grades of the offense.

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