Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.59 · Chapter 11. HABEAS CORPUS
OBTAINING WRIT A SECOND TIME.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An applicant may obtain the writ of habeas corpus a second time by stating in an application therefor that since the hearing of the applicant's first application important testimony has been obtained which it was not in the applicant's power to produce at the former hearing. The applicant shall also set forth the newly discovered testimony; and if it be that of a witness, the affidavit of the witness shall also accompany the application.
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. 19, 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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