Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 64.05 · Chapter 64. MOTION FOR FORENSIC DNA TESTING
APPEALS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An appeal under this chapter is to a court of appeals in the same manner as an appeal of any other criminal matter, except that if the convicted person was convicted in a capital case and was sentenced to death, the appeal is a direct appeal to the court of criminal appeals.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 2, eff. April 5, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 13, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.64.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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