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2022 Texas Statutes
Code of Criminal Procedure
Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 27 - The Pleading in Criminal Actions
Article 27.11. Ten Days Allowed for Filing Pleadings
Universal Citation: TX Code Crim Pro art 27.11 (2022)
In all cases the defendant shall be allowed ten entire days, exclusive of all fractions of a day after his arrest, and during the term of the court, to file written pleadings.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
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