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2022 Texas Statutes
Code of Criminal Procedure
Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 44 - Appeal and Writ of Error
Article 44.181. Defect in Complaint
Universal Citation: TX Code Crim Pro art 44.181 (2022)
(a) A court conducting a trial de novo based on an appeal from a justice or municipal court may dismiss the case because of a defect in the complaint only if the defendant objected to the defect before the trial began in the justice or municipal court.
(b) The attorney representing the state may move to amend a defective complaint before the trial de novo begins.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 478, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1545, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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