Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 32.02 · Chapter 32. DISMISSING PROSECUTIONS
DISMISSAL BY STATE'S ATTORNEY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The attorney representing the State may, by permission of the court, dismiss a criminal action at any time upon filing a written statement with the papers in the case setting out his reasons for such dismissal, which shall be incorporated in the judgment of dismissal. No case shall be dismissed without the consent of the presiding judge.
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.32.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 06dae4d18aab5dacb51b9aa4336f9c3ed1c60b11025adec0b02d6c83bbff19c0
- 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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