Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 27.09
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 27.09, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 27.09. EXCEPTION TO FORM OF INDICTMENT.
Official statutory text
Exceptions to the form of an indictment or information may be taken for the following causes only:
1. That it does not appear to have been presented in the proper court as required by law;
2. The want of any requisite prescribed by Articles 21.02 and 21.21.
3. That it was not returned by a lawfully chosen or empaneled grand jury.
1. That it does not appear to have been presented in the proper court as required by law;
2. The want of any requisite prescribed by Articles 21.02 and 21.21.
3. That it was not returned by a lawfully chosen or empaneled grand jury.
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