Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.17
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.17, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 44.17. APPEAL TO COUNTY COURT, HOW CONDUCTED .
Official statutory text
In all appeals to a county court from justice courts and municipal courts other than municipal courts of record, the trial shall be de novo in the trial in the county court, the same as if the prosecution had been originally commenced in that court. An appeal to the county court from a municipal court of record may be based only on errors reflected in the record.
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