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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 1.11 — ACQUITTAL A BAR

CR § 1.11Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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An acquittal of the defendant exempts him from a second trial or a second prosecution for the same offense, however irregular the proceedings may have been; but if the defendant shall have been acquitted upon trial in a court having no jurisdiction of the offense, he may be prosecuted again in a court having jurisdiction.

Legislative history

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.

Source: Texas Code of Criminal Procedure § 1.11 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.