Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 4.17 — Transfer of certain misdemeanors
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 4: COURTS AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 4.17
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.
On a plea of not guilty to a misdemeanor offense punishable by confinement in jail, entered in a county court of a judge who is not a licensed attorney, on the motion of the state or the defendant, the judge may transfer the case to a district court having jurisdiction in the county or to a county court at law in the county presided over by a judge who is a licensed attorney. The judge may make the transfer on his own motion. The attorney representing the state in the case in county court shall continue the prosecution in the court to which the case is transferred. Provided, in no case may any such case be transferred to a district court except with the written consent of the judge of the district court to which the transfer is sought.
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