Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2A.102 · Subchapter C. ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING STATE
DUTIES OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each district attorney shall represent the state in all criminal cases in the district courts of the attorney's district and in appeals from those cases.
(b) Unless prevented by other official duties, a district attorney shall represent the state in any criminal proceeding before an examining court in the attorney's district or before a judge on habeas corpus, if the attorney is:
(1) notified of the proceeding; and
(2) in the attorney's district at the time.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.2A.htm
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