Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.04 · Chapter 42. JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE
SENTENCE WHEN APPEAL IS TAKEN.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When a defendant is sentenced to death, no date shall be set for the execution of sentence until after the receipt by the clerk of the trial court of the mandate of affirmance of the court of criminal appeals.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 809, ch. 291, Sec. 114, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.42.htm
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