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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 44.17 — Appeal to county court, how conducted

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

Part of Chapter 44: APPEAL AND WRIT OF ERROR, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 44.17

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.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 44.17Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

In all appeals to a county court from justice courts and municipal courts other than municipal courts of record, the trial shall be de novo in the trial in the county court, the same as if the prosecution had been originally commenced in that court. An appeal to the county court from a municipal court of record may be based only on errors reflected in the record.

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