Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.08 · Chapter 11. HABEAS CORPUS
APPLICANT ACCUSED OF FELONY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If the applicant is accused of committing a felony offense, whether by indictment, information, warrant, arrest, or other means, and has not been convicted of the offense, the applicant or petitioner may apply:
(1) to the judge of the court in which the indictment or information charging the applicant is pending; or
(2) if an indictment or information charging the applicant has not been filed or the judge of the court in which the indictment or information is pending is not available:
(A) to any judge with felony jurisdiction in a county to which the writ is returnable; or
(B) if there is no judge with felony jurisdiction available in a county described by Paragraph (A), to any judge with felony jurisdiction who presides over a court in any county that adjoins a county described by Paragraph (A).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 933 (S.B. 1516), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.11.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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