Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.07
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.07, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 21.07. ALLEGATION OF NAME.
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In alleging the name of the defendant, or of any other person necessary to be stated in the indictment, it shall be sufficient to state one or more of the initials of the given name and the surname. When a person is known by two or more names, it shall be sufficient to state either name. When the name of the person is unknown to the grand jury, that fact shall be stated, and if it be the accused, a reasonably accurate description of him shall be given in the indictment.
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