Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 29.05
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 29.05, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 29.05. SUBSEQUENT MOTION BY STATE.
Official statutory text
On any subsequent motion for a continuance by the State, for the want of a witness, the motion, in addition to the requisites in the preceding Article, must show:
1. The facts which the applicant expects to establish by the witness, and it must appear to the court that they are material;
2. That the applicant expects to be able to procure the attendance of the witness at the next term of the court; and
3. That the testimony cannot be procured from any other source during the present term of the court.
1. The facts which the applicant expects to establish by the witness, and it must appear to the court that they are material;
2. That the applicant expects to be able to procure the attendance of the witness at the next term of the court; and
3. That the testimony cannot be procured from any other source during the present term of the court.
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