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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 29.12 — Bail resulting from continuance

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. 29.12

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. 29.12Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

If a defendant in a capital case demand a trial, and it appears that more than one continuance has been granted to the State, and that the defendant has not before applied for a continuance, he shall be entitled to be admitted to bail, unless it be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that a material witness of the State had been prevented from attendance by the procurement of the defendant or some person acting in his behalf.

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