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2024 Texas Statutes
Code of Criminal Procedure
Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 21 - Indictment and Information
Article 21.11. Certainty; What Sufficient
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TX Code Crim Pro art 21.11 (2024)
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An indictment shall be deemed sufficient which charges the commission of the offense in ordinary and concise language in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is meant, and with that degree of certainty that will give the defendant notice of the particular offense with which he is charged, and enable the court, on conviction, to pronounce the proper judgment; and in no case are the words "force and arms" or "contrary to the form of the statute" necessary.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
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