Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.58
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.58, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 11.58. PERSON COMMITTED FOR A CAPITAL OFFENSE.
Official statutory text
If the accusation against the defendant for a capital offense has been heard on habeas corpus before indictment found, and he shall have been committed after such examination, he shall not be entitled to the writ, unless in the special cases mentioned in Articles 11.25 and 11.59.
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