Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 29.035 · Chapter 29. CONTINUANCE
FOR INSUFFICIENT NOTICE OF HEARING OR TRIAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding Article 28.01 or any other provision of this chapter, and except as otherwise provided by this article, a trial court shall grant a continuance of a criminal action on oral or written motion of the state or the defendant if the trial court sets a hearing or trial without providing to the attorney for the state and the defendant, or the defendant's attorney, notice of the hearing or trial at least three business days before the date of the hearing or trial.
(b) This article does not apply during the period between:
(1) the date the trial begins; and
(2) the date the judgment is entered.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1005 (H.B. 1266), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.29.htm
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