Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 1.05 — RIGHTS OF ACCUSED
CR § 1.05Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on sourceIn all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a speedy public trial by an impartial jury. He shall have the right to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof. He shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself. He shall have the right of being heard by himself, or counsel, or both; shall be confronted with the witnesses against him, and shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. No person shall be held to answer for a felony unless on indictment of a grand jury.
Legislative history
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.