Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 26.09 · Chapter 26. ARRAIGNMENT
IF ACCUSED REFUSES TO GIVE HIS REAL NAME.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If the defendant alleges that he is not indicted by his true name, and refuses to say what his real name is, the cause shall proceed as if the name stated in the indictment were true; and the defendant shall not be allowed to contradict the same by way of defense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.26.htm
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- sha256 32954aa51fb46d4015548fca821dd28a59fb1a45b42e7844d086f532f9dddfab
- 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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