Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 27.20 · Chapter 27. THE PLEADING IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS
CONFINEMENT BEFORE SENTENCING ON PLEA OF GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a defendant is adjudged guilty after entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a) punishable as a felony of the second degree or any higher category of offense and for which the defendant is not eligible for community supervision under Article 42A.055 as provided by Article 42A.056, the court shall order that the defendant be taken into custody and confined until the defendant is sentenced.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 339 (S.B. 9), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.27.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.054LIMITATION ON JUDGE-ORDERED COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.Printed as Article 42A.054(a)
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.055JURY-RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.Printed as Article 42A.055
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.056LIMITATION ON JURY-RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.Printed as Article 42A.056
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