Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.12
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.12, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 44.12. PROCEDURE AS TO BAIL PENDING APPEAL.
Official statutory text
The amount of any bail given in any felony or misdemeanor case to perfect an appeal from any court to the Court of Appeals shall be fixed by the court in which the judgment or order appealed from was rendered. The sufficiency of the security thereon shall be tested, and the same proceedings had in case of forfeiture, as in other cases regarding bail.
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