Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.24
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.24, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 21.24. JOINDER OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.
Official statutory text
(a) Two or more offenses may be joined in a single indictment, information, or complaint, with each offense stated in a separate count, if the offenses arise out of the same criminal episode, as defined in Chapter 3 of the Penal Code.
(b) A count may contain as many separate paragraphs charging the same offense as necessary, but no paragraph may charge more than one offense.
(c) A count is sufficient if any one of its paragraphs is sufficient. An indictment, information, or complaint is sufficient if any one of its counts is sufficient.
(b) A count may contain as many separate paragraphs charging the same offense as necessary, but no paragraph may charge more than one offense.
(c) A count is sufficient if any one of its paragraphs is sufficient. An indictment, information, or complaint is sufficient if any one of its counts is sufficient.
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