Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 4
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 4, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 4. GOVERNOR MAY INVESTIGATE CASE.
Official statutory text
When a demand shall be made upon the Governor of this State by the Executive Authority of another State for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the Governor may call upon the Secretary of State, Attorney General or any prosecuting officer in this State to investigate or assist in investigating the demand, and to report to him the situation and circumstances of the person so demanded, and whether he ought to be surrendered.
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