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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 29.035 — For insufficient notice of hearing or trial

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

Part of Chapter 29: CONTINUANCE, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 29.035

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. 29.035Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) Notwithstanding Article 28.01 or any other provision of this chapter, and except as otherwise provided by this article, a trial court shall grant a continuance of a criminal action on oral or written motion of the state or the defendant if the trial court sets a hearing or trial without providing to the attorney for the state and the defendant, or the defendant's attorney, notice of the hearing or trial at least three business days before the date of the hearing or trial. (b) This article does not apply during the period between: (1) the date the trial begins; and (2) the date the judgment is entered.

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