Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.053
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.053, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 2A.053. SUMMONING AID.
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(a) A peace officer who meets resistance while discharging a duty imposed on the officer by law shall summon a number of residents of the officer's county sufficient to overcome that resistance.
(b) A person summoned by a peace officer under Subsection (a) shall obey the officer.
(b) A person summoned by a peace officer under Subsection (a) shall obey the officer.
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