Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46B.006 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
APPOINTMENT OF AND REPRESENTATION BY COUNSEL.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A defendant is entitled to representation by counsel before any court-ordered competency evaluation and during any proceeding at which it is suggested that the defendant may be incompetent to stand trial.
(b) If the defendant is indigent and the court has not appointed counsel to represent the defendant, the court shall appoint counsel as necessary to comply with Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 35, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.46B.htm
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