Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.11 · Chapter 21. INDICTMENT AND INFORMATION
CERTAINTY; WHAT SUFFICIENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An indictment shall be deemed sufficient which charges the commission of the offense in ordinary and concise language in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is meant, and with that degree of certainty that will give the defendant notice of the particular offense with which he is charged, and enable the court, on conviction, to pronounce the proper judgment; and in no case are the words "force and arms" or "contrary to the form of the statute" necessary.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.21.htm
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Cited by 12 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.11. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2B.0202RECORDING OF CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS.Printed as Section 21.11
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.03PERSONAL BOND.Printed as Section 21.11
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.032RELEASE ON PERSONAL BOND OF CERTAIN DEFENDANTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.Printed as Section 21.11
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.50ENTRY INTO TEXAS CRIME INFORMATION CENTER OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN CASES INVOLVING VIOLENT OFFENSES OR STALKING; DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES, SHERIFFS, AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.Printed as Section 21.11
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.071TESTIMONY OF CHILD WHO IS VICTIM OF OFFENSE.Printed as Section 21.11
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.37EVIDENCE OF EXTRANEOUS OFFENSES OR ACTS.Printed as Section 21.11
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.372EVIDENCE OF VICTIM'S PAST SEXUAL BEHAVIOR.Printed as Section 21.11
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.251DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 21.11
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 44.01APPEAL BY STATE.Printed as Section 21.11
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 21.11(a)(1)
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 59.01DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 15.031(b), 21.11, or 38.04
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 66.102INFORMATION CONTAINED IN COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY SYSTEM.Printed as Section 21.11
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