Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 27.20
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 27.20, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 27.20. CONFINEMENT BEFORE SENTENCING ON PLEA OF GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES.
Official statutory text
If a defendant is adjudged guilty after entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a) punishable as a felony of the second degree or any higher category of offense and for which the defendant is not eligible for community supervision under Article 42A.055 as provided by Article 42A.056, the court shall order that the defendant be taken into custody and confined until the defendant is sentenced.
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