Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 29.07 · Chapter 29. CONTINUANCE

SUBSEQUENT MOTION BY DEFENDANT.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Subsequent motions for continuance on the part of the defendant shall, in addition to the requisites in the preceding Article, state also:

1. That the testimony cannot be procured from any other source known to the defendant; and

2. That the defendant has reasonable expectation of procuring the same at the next term of the court.

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.29.htm
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