Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46C.051 · Subchapter B. RAISING THE INSANITY DEFENSE
NOTICE OF INTENT TO RAISE INSANITY DEFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A defendant planning to offer evidence of the insanity defense must file with the court a notice of the defendant's intention to offer that evidence.
(b) The notice must:
(1) contain a certification that a copy of the notice has been served on the attorney representing the state; and
(2) be filed at least 20 days before the date the case is set for trial, except as described by Subsection (c).
(c) If before the 20-day period the court sets a pretrial hearing, the defendant shall give notice at the hearing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 831 (S.B. 837), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
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.46C.htm
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