Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.102
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.102, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 45A.102. OBJECTION TO CHARGING INSTRUMENT.
Official statutory text
If the defendant does not object to a defect, error, or irregularity of form or substance in a charging instrument before the date the trial on the merits begins, the defendant waives and forfeits the right to object to the defect, error, or irregularity. This article does not prohibit a trial court from requiring that an objection to a charging instrument be made at an earlier time.
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