Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 51.04
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 51.04, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 51.04. COMPLAINT.
Official statutory text
The complaint shall be sufficient if it recites:
1. The name of the person accused;
2. The State from which he has fled;
3. The offense committed by the accused;
4. That he has fled to this State from the State where the offense was committed; and
5. That the act alleged to have been committed by the accused is a violation of the penal law of the State from which he fled.
1. The name of the person accused;
2. The State from which he has fled;
3. The offense committed by the accused;
4. That he has fled to this State from the State where the offense was committed; and
5. That the act alleged to have been committed by the accused is a violation of the penal law of the State from which he fled.
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