Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 40.001 · Chapter 40. NEW TRIALS
NEW TRIAL ON MATERIAL EVIDENCE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A new trial shall be granted an accused where material evidence favorable to the accused has been discovered since trial.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 11.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.40.htm
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- 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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